Esdras Willemsz Snellaertbspr_5164
- Active
- Utrecht - Range: 1630-1647
- Occupation
- printer - Range: 1641; bookseller - Range: 1632-1637, 1640-1647
- Address
- by de Weert Poort [1630-1632, 1640-1644]
- Variant names
- E. Wilhelmus
- PPN
- 07555951X
- CNI
- CNI 00013696
Devices used (8)
Personification of the city of Dordrecht: sitting woman, holding a palm-branch, 'giving birth to' books in her lap, a coat of arms (of Dordrecht) next to her; banderoles with inscription
In an oval medallion held by two angels, with the arms of Haarlem on top and a fountain below, three men are at work in a printing office: a man rolling ink-balls, a printer, a type-setter seated at a typecase; two visitors (customers?)
The sacrifice of Isaac: when Abraham has his sword raised to kill the blindfolded Isaac, the angel restrains him
Minerva (lance, helmet, Aegis, owl) standing next to a tree bearing fruit, holding a banderole
Triton blowing a conch; he is encircled by an Ouroboros, which is held by two other sea-creatures of mixed human and animal shape, with sea-snakes coiled around their tails
A naked man and woman leaning against an open book; coat of arms
Running deer wearing a collar with the inscription "C.L."(?)
Allegory on the Christian Religion: a winged woman holding an open book and leaning against a tau-shaped cross; a bit hanging on one arm of the cross; a skeleton, symbolizing Death, below the feet of the woman