MATTHÄUS MERIAN DER ÄLTERE

1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650

Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616

12 plates from a series of 17

etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm

3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate)

Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)


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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Title Page from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

    Title Page

  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 2 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 3 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 4 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 5 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 6 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 7 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 8 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 11 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 12 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 13 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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  • Matthäus Merian the Elder 1593 Basel – Bad Schwalbach 1650 Grotesken mit geistlichen und weltlichen Symbolen – Grotesques with Spiritual and Secular Symbols, 1616 Page 14 from a series of 17 etchings, each 145 x 190 mm or 135 x 184 mm 3rd edition, published by Johann Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg, between 1690 and 1726 (with the editor’s address on the first plate) Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 38 (1st edition); Wüthrich 117–133 (without 117, 126, 127, 132, and 133); Warncke 1088–1104 (without 1088, 1097, 1098, 1103, and 1104)

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