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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Jupiter and the ape published 1668

RCIN 802136

Jupiter and the ape

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Jupiter and the ape published 1668

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

Ape with robe & crown, with bodyguard of apes behind, stands on hill on l. & holds up small figure of clothed ape before assembly of animals below. Jupiter sits in clouds in upper r.corner. Plate to Ogilby's Aesopicks.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)

Search the collection Ogilby, John: London
(publisher)

Search the collection Roycroft, Thomas: London
(printer)
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Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Jupiter (myth)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Mammals
Apes & Monkeys

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