Leeuw heerst over de wereld, Johann Eckhard Löffler, 1681

Title(s)

Leeuw heerst over de wereld
Geminat Incendia

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1911-411

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein German 17

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Johann Eckhard Löffler
• Filippo Picinello
• publisher: Hermann Demen

Place

Cologne

Dating

1681

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

width 123 mm × height 141 mm

What

• beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion
• sun as celestial body
• Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept)

Acquisition

purchase 1911

Copyright

Public domain

• Mundus symbolicus, in emblematum universitate formatus, explicatus, et tam sacris, quam profanis eruditionibus ac sententiis illustratus ..., Augustin Erath, Dl. 1, p. 29
• Johann Leipolt to Melchior Lorch, Fedja Anzelewsky, p. 148, cat.nr. 17