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| Keywords: Infans Philosophicus tres agnoscit patres, ut Orion.png http //www levity com/alchemy/atl46-50 html Emblem XLIX titled Infans Philosophicus tres agnoscit patres ut Orion from the Michael Maier 's Atalanta fugiens a Latin emblem book printed in Germany The emblem represents an allegory of the conception of Orion as the child of philosophy The fathers are left to right Apollo Vulcan and Mercury conceiving in a ox hide The artist stands to the left and Mars to the right see http //unurthed com/2007/04/30/michael-maiers-atalanta-fugiens/ excerpted commentary from Stanislas Klossowski de Rola ™s The Golden Game Alchemical Engravings of the Seventeenth Century http //hdelboy club fr/atalanta_xlix html hdelboy club fr 1617 creator Theodor de Bry PD-old-100 Atalanta Fugiens Orion mythology Theodor de Bry People with animals in art 17th-century woodcuts | ||||
