Emblem 39. Oedipus, having overcome the Sphinx and killed his father Laius, takes his mother to wife. From Atalanta fugiens by

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Merian Matthäus the Elder - Emblem 39. Oedipus, having overcome the Sphinx and killed his father Laius, takes his mother to wife. From
Number:081765
Title:Emblem 39. Oedipus, having overcome the Sphinx and killed his father Laius, takes his mother to wife. From Atalanta fugiens by
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