Emblem 42. Let Nature, Reason, Experience and reading be the Guide, staff, spectacles and lamp for the one versed in Chemistry.

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Merian Matthäus the Elder - Emblem 42. Let Nature, Reason, Experience and reading be the Guide, staff, spectacles and lamp for the one versed in Chemistry.
Number:081768
Title:Emblem 42. Let Nature, Reason, Experience and reading be the Guide, staff, spectacles and lamp for the one versed in Chemistry.
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