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Albumblad met zeven prenten met Adam en Eva, heiligen, ornament en een kan

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Albumblad met zeven prenten met Adam en Eva, heiligen, ornament en een kan

Albrecht Dürer

1500
Engraving

About This Work

This composite sheet displays a variety of 16th-century prints, including Albrecht Dürer’s Saint George on horseback and Virgilius Solis’s personification of Logic. Central to the page is a highly detailed design for a ceremonial drinking vessel shaped like a nautilus shell and supported by sea monsters. Handwritten notes in the margins identify the artists, illustrating the historical practice of organizing and study-cataloging prints within private collections.

The collection bridges the gap between medieval hagiography and the humanist pursuit of the Seven Liberal Arts, exemplified by the 'Loica' (Logic) figure. The inclusion of the allegory of 'Libido' (Lust) and the Fall of Man reflects the period's philosophical focus on the struggle between reason and base instinct, a core concern in both Neoplatonic and Christian moral philosophy.

AdamEveSaint GeorgeSaint ConstantianaLogic (Loica)Lust (Libido)dragonnautilus shellserpentpalm branchlion71A3211H(CONSTANTIANA)48C1648A9822

Inscriptions(German)

S. Constantiana.

1552
AG
Desinit ingenuas animi caligine vires
Contemptrix summi spurca Libido Dei

LOICA
V. Solis

[Handwritten annotations]:
Heinrich Alte-grever 1502-1562 Nürnberg
Sündenfall Barthel Beham 1496-1540
Der kleine Heiliger von Albrecht Dürer

Translation

S. Constantiana.

1552
AG
Filthy Lust, scorner of the Almighty God,
destroys the noble powers of the soul with darkness.

LOICA
V. Solis

[Handwritten annotations]:
Heinrich Aldegrever 1502-1562 Nuremberg
Fall of Man Barthel Beham 1496-1540
The Little Saint by Albrecht Dürer

Connected Texts

Virgilius Solis

Solis's series on the Seven Liberal Arts, including 'Loica', represents the foundational intellectual disciplines required for the understanding of natural and divine laws.

Heinrich Aldegrever

Aldegrever's allegories of vices, such as the 'Libido' print shown here, provided a visual vocabulary for the moral alchemy of transforming the soul.

Provenance & Source

Object

Medium

Engraving

GenreAI

allegory

Digital Source

Source

Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Credit

https://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.636680

Usage Terms

Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication

Original Resolution

4072 × 5634 px

SHA-1

8acdf29ce82d1d38c5145f0b4862c562a09054ca

Upload Date

December 22, 2019

Harvested

March 24, 2026

Linked Data

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