Pourtraict d'un monstre merueilleux

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of a winged monster, with a horn, two wings, one foot, and eye at the knee joint, and both male and female genetalia.

Was said to have been born in 1512 during the war between Pope Julius II and King Louis XII

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1006. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1006a

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

12 x 7 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Pourtraict d'un monstre merueilleux,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed June 1, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3084.