Jan Ameliszbspr_118

Active: Utrecht - Range: 1606-1636
Occupation: bookseller - Range: 1609-1631; engraver - Range: 1609-1615
Address: onder de Lakensnijders [1609-1631]
Variant names: J. a Melisz; J. Aemilius; J. Amelius
PPN: 075537710
CNI: CNI 00085628

Devices used (4)

1619×1

Also used by: Lowijs (I) Elzevier, Henrick Lodewijcxsoon van Haestens, Uldrick Cornelissz Honthorst, Jan Jansz, Joris Abrahamsz van der Marsce

dpd_0098

Dove surrounded by a snake

25F39(DOVE)(+1) other birds: dove (+ animals used symbolically)

25F42(+1) snakes (+ animals used symbolically)

25F42(+5253) snakes (+ animal rotating, twisting)

25G3(+22) trees (+ branch, stick)

34B231 doves, pigeons

73C72112 apostles must be wise as serpents and harmless as doves ~ the ideal apostle (Matthew 10:16)

Man standing reading from a book; stars and a radiant Jahweh-tetragram above him; flowers and the setting or rising sun(?)

1624×1, 1625×3

dpd_0170

Man standing reading from a book; stars and a radiant Jahweh-tetragram above him; flowers and the setting or rising sun(?)

11C13 tetragram (in Roman or Hebrew script) ~ symbol of God the Father

22C31 radiance emanating from persons or things

24A1 sunrise

24A2 sunset

24F2 stars in the firmament

25G41 flowers

31D14(+51) adult man (+ standing)

49MM32 book - MM - book open

49N reading

Ajax committing suicide by stabbing himself in the chest with a sword; a burning city in a mountainous landscape; frame decorated with festoons

1616×1, 1621×1, 1623×1

dpd_0285

Ajax committing suicide by stabbing himself in the chest with a sword; a burning city in a mountainous landscape; frame decorated with festoons

25H11 mountains

25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city

31D14 adult man

31E234631(+7) violent death by sword (+ seeking death, suicide)

41B4 on fire, ablaze

45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

45L42 setting on fire (of conquered city)

48A98(+2) ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations)

48A98211 mask, mascaron ~ ornament

48A9875 ornament ~ festoon, garland

48A9876 ornament ~ cartouche

49L8 inscription

83(REUSNER, Emblematum lib. II, XX) (REUSNER, Emblematum lib. II, XX) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)

86(SEIPSUM VINCERE, MAXIMA VICTORIA)(+0) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SEIPSUM VINCERE, MAXIMA VICTORIA) (+ variant)

94G63 suicide of Ajax

86(OÙ GÎT IMPATIENCE, RAISON DÉFAUT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (OÙ GÎT IMPATIENCE, RAISON DÉFAUT)

Crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam held by two lions

1621×1

Also used by: Cornelis Lodewijcksz van der Plasse, Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn, Dirck Pietersz Voscuyl

dpd_1964

Crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam held by two lions

25F23(LION)(+12) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ heraldic animals)

25F23(LION)(+154) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ symmetrically placed ornamental animals, divided by a (human) figure or an object)

25F23(LION)(+5245) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ animal(s) holding something)

25F23(LION)(+561) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ animal(s) standing on the hind legs)

44A1(+4)(AMSTERDAM)

44B191 crown (symbol of sovereignty)

44B193 orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top)

48A984 ornament derived from animal forms

61E(AMSTERDAM) names of cities and villages (AMSTERDAM)