Emblem 37. Three things are sufficient for the magistery, white smoke, that is, water, the green lion, that is, the ore of Herme

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Merian Matthäus the Elder - Emblem 37. Three things are sufficient for the magistery, white smoke, that is, water, the green lion, that is, the ore of Herme
Number:081763
Title:Emblem 37. Three things are sufficient for the magistery, white smoke, that is, water, the green lion, that is, the ore of Herme
Artist: Merian, Matthäus, the Elder (1593-1650)
Museum: Private Collection
Method: Copper engraving
Created: 1816
School: Schwitzerland
Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
Trend in art: Baroque
Keywords: Medicine, History of Medicine, Occultism, Manuscript, Manuscript illumination, Illuminated manuscript, Medieval Illuminated Letter, Illuminated art, Astrology, Alchemy, Alchemist, Opus Magnum, Magnum opus, History of science, Science in the Middle Ages, Kabbalism, Miniature, Atalanta fugiens, Michael Maier