Jedem Thier wirdt sein ort zuge theilet · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jedem Thier wirdt sein ort zuge theilet
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome
Description: This image illustrates the creation of the first human. There is a god in the center of the image with his clothing blowing in his newly created winds. Depicted behind him are the all the animals he had just created as well. His hands are touching his new creation: humankind. According to Ovid, this god wanted to create a being with higher intelligence than any of the animals he had made, as well as a being that had their heads pointed to the skies, as opposed to the ground beneath them. The human is depicted nude, with his gaze pointing upwards towards the sky.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:20758
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_20758_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Creation; Myth; Gods; Humankind; Creation Myth