Pourtraict d'un Chameleon

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of a Chameleon. Pare's description of a Chameleon is based off of one he had in his home. He believed the Chameleon could change color due to its transparent skin either reflecting its surroundings like a mirror, or because its humors were agitated by its imagination, and were thus displayed on its skin.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1076. 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.1076

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

8 x 14 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Pourtraict d'un Chameleon,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 4, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3142.