Homo Mutabilis, Deus Immutabilis
probably Eberhard Kieser (1583-1631)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1637 - 1678
Materials
Paper
Measurements
251 x 291 x 14 mm
Place of origin
Frankfurt
Collection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 196892
Summary
Framed Engraving. Latin title to top: Homo Mutabilis, Deus Immutabilis. View of the town of Bülach, Switzerland. In the foreground is a large rock secured by a chain held by three hands from clouds above. In the opening above the clouds is a Tetragrammaton for YHWH; forming the Biblical name for God. On the left a wind blows which in the bottom right is causing figures to fall over. H76 printed in top right corner. Below this are two further phrases, the top in Latin and the lower in German. Probably engraved by Eberhard Kieser (1583-1631) with text written by Daniel Meissner (1585-1625) and originally published as part of Thesaurus Philo-Politicus (Frankfurt, 1624-1626). This example from the later re-print by Paulus Fürst (1606-1666) published as Sciographica Cosmica in Nuremburg between 1637-1678.
Provenance
Possibly the "pretty view of Bulach" sent to Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet by Heinrich Angst on 19 January 1909 and by descent to Sir Felix Brunner and bequeathed to Lady Elizabeth Brunner. Assigned from the estate of Lady Elizabeth Brunner to the National Trust, 2022.
Makers and roles
probably Eberhard Kieser (1583-1631), engraver (printmaker) Daniel Meisner (1585-1625), author Paulus Fűrst (1606-1666), publisher