Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 84

A fisherman holds an eel with the help of fig-leaves

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of this emblem is: "In deprehensum"
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem021

Iconclass

• 11N1(+0) Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa) (+ variant)
• 25F31(+5262) groups of birds (+ flying animal(s))
• 25F63(EEL)(+621) eels: eel (+ animal(s) being hit, shot, caught)
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25G3 trees
• 25G3(FIG-TREE)(+331)
• 25G4 plants and herbs
• 25H113 (high) hill
• 25H2142 fen, Du. 'ven'
• 25H217 river bank
• 31A2321 leaning forward
• 31A2621(+52) one leg in front of the other (+ leaning)
• 31A534 beard
• 31AA2512(+933) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
• 31B7 wise man
• 31D14 adult man
• 32B2(PHRYGIANS) historical peoples and nationalities (PHRYGIANS)
• 41A16 rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D223(+81) clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes)
• 41D231(+81) trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes)
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 43C1151 catching animals
• 43C128 fisherman
• 44G310
• 47D41 watermill
• 52A51(+4) Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 83(ERASMUS, Adagiorum chiliades I i 28) (ERASMUS, Adagiorum chiliades I i 28) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
• 86(SERO SAPIUNT PHRYGES) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SERO SAPIUNT PHRYGES)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem084
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem084
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667