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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
01871
Record number:
01871-1
JCB call number:
F648 P678h / 2-SIZE
Image title:
[Title page]
Place image published:
[Leiden & Amsterdam]
Image publisher:
[Franciscum Hackium & Lud. Elzevirium]
Image date:
[1648]
Image function:
added engraved title page
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
34.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
19.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
40.7 cm.
Page dimension width:
25 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin
Description:
An allegorical image of the riches of America. A native American man and woman stand in front of people dancing; a European man (river god representing Amazon River [?]) holds an overturned urn with water creatures flowing out. Decorative elements include arrows, feathered headdress, dwelling, animals (including an anteater, birds, turtle, monkeys, sloth, python, marmoset, crab), vegetables, fruits (pineapple, coconut, cashews [?]), and flowers.
Source creator:
Piso, Willem, 1611-1678
Source Title:
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Source place of publication:
Lugdun. Batavorum & Amstelodami [Leiden & Amsterdam]
Source publisher:
Franciscum Hackium & Lud. Elzevirium
Source date:
1648
notes:
The images of the Indians are based on the ethnographic paintings of Albert Eckhout (ca. 1610-1665).
Time Period:
1601-1650
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
References exhibitions:
Klooster, W. Dutch in the Americas, Fig. 3.6
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1854.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
Subject headings:
Natural history--Brazil
Subject headings:
Medicine--Brazil
Subject headings:
Indians of South America
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