Achille Bocchi

Achille Bocchi

deceased (1562)
Achille Bocchi (Achilles Bocchius) (1488-1562) of Bologna was an Italian humanist writer, administrator and teacher of law at the University of...
Cesare Ripa

Cesare Ripa

male
Cesare Ripa was a 16th-century Italian aesthetician and author of the "Iconologia" (or in full : "Iconologia overo Descrittione Dell’imagini Un...
Otto van Veen

Otto van Veen

male, deceased (1629)
Otto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, ("c". 1556 – May 6, 1629) was a painter, draughtsman, and hu...
Josep Romaguera

Josep Romaguera

male
Josep Romaguera is the author of the only emblem book ever published in the Catalan language, the Atheneo de Grandesa. His work consists of prose,...
Romeyn de Hooghe

Romeyn de Hooghe

male, deceased (1708)
Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. Sepember 8, 1645, Amsterdam - June 10, 1708, Haarlem) was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque engraver and...

David Graham

male
David Graham is a Canadian academic who has served in a number of Canadian universities. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at...

Barthélémy Aneau

male, deceased (1565)
Barthélémy Aneau was a French poet and humanist. He is known for his novel "Alector, ou le Coq", and his work on emblems. He born in Bourges. He ta...

Daniel Stolz von Stolzenberg

male, deceased (1660)
Daniel Stolz von Stolzenberg (Daniel Stolcius) (1600-1660) was a Bohemian physician and writer on alchemy, a pupil of Michael Maier in Prague. His...