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Matthäus Merian
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Forum Vulcani vocavit antiquitas, locum in Agro Puteolano, Quem Hodie Vulgo La Solfatara Appellant
Publication Place / Date
Frankfurt / 1688 circa
Image Dimensions
11.5 x 7 inches
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Hand Colored
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VG+
Stock# 77538
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Mythical Home of the God Vulcan

Decorative view of the Solfatara volcanic crater in the Phlegraean Fields at Pozzuoli, near Naples, the mythological home of the god Vulcan.

At the entrance in the foreground are three men with horses and two more seated to the right, reading.

An attractive early image of Campi Flegrei after an image by Sandrart.
 

Matthäus Merian Biography

Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) was the father of engravers Matthäus the Younger and Caspar, and of the painter, engraver, and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and trained in engraving in Zurich. After a time in Nancy, Paris and Strasbourg, he settled in Frankfurt. While there, he worked for Johann Theodor de Bry, the publisher and son of the travel writer. In 1617, he married Maria Magdalena de Bry, Johann Theodor’s daughter. In 1623, Merian took over the de Bry publishing house upon the death of his father-in-law. Merian’s best known works are detailed town views which, due to their accuracy and artistry, form a valuable record of European urban life in the first half of the sixteenth century

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