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Trias der Bildideen: Alchemisches Bildwissen und Innovation im Zirkel um den Kupferstecher Matthäus Merian d. Ä., in Wagner, Berit and Gannon, Corinna (Eds.): Opus magnum: Matthäus Merian d.Ä. und die Bebilderung der Alchemie, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2024, p. 33–66. https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1311.c19533

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Berit Wagner

Trias der Bildideen

Alchemisches Bildwissen und Innovation im Zirkel um den Kupferstecher Matthäus Merian d. Ä.

The essay examines the creative foundations of the alchemical imagery in Frankfurt and Oppenheim. Frankfurt’s emergence during the 16th century as a center of art production and publishing will be presented as essential for Merian’s creative power suddenly beginning in 1617. A first climax was reached in particular with the activity of the publisher Johann Bringer (d. 1613), who was succeeded by the publishing houses of Johann Theodor de Bry and Lucas Jennis along with their engraver Matthäus Merian the Elder in terms of pictorial and alchemical history. Due to a combination of local tradition and supra-regional influences, an ultimate culmination of pictorial ideas was generated within the triad of authors, artists and publishers.