Title

Par les études de lettres immortalité est acquise

Alternative Title

The study of literature leads to immortality

Subject

ouroboros

sea god

triton

sea creature

conch shell

print

woodcut print

Descriptive Note

Print depicting a half man- half fish creature blowing on a conch shell, rising out of a body of water. Encirling the creaure is an ourobors, a snake eating its own tail.

Creator

Eskrich, Pierre

Material

paper

ink

Technqiue Name

woodcuts (prints)

place of creation

France

Date Created

1540 AD - 1549 AD

Dimensions

61 mm × 64 mm × 62 mm × 65 mm

place of exhibition

Herzog August Library