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Xerses Philomater (aka Xerxes philosophus aka Xerses phus)
Engraving
1616
Detail from:
G. Selenus: Das Schach- oder König-Spiel, Leipzig: Groß, 1616; Titel page of Part I
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Lucas Kilian
Xerses Philomater (aka Xerxes philosophus aka Xerses phus)
Engraving
1616
Detail from:
G. Selenus: Das Schach- oder König-Spiel, Leipzig: Groß, 1616; Titel page of Part I
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Xerses Phus
Woodcut
74 mm × 55 mm
Originally part of the Liber Chronicarum, Nürnberg 1493
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (
@rijksmuseum)
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John Carwitham (active c. 1723–41)
A chess game between Apollo and Mercury in the presence of other gods
Frontispiece from #Vida1736
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c. 1736
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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Titel page from #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT) showing the legend of Palamedes (in the upper three images)
Engraving
1616
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Palamedes(-Selenus) playing dice and chess during the Siege of Troy
Engraving
1616
Detail from the title page of:
#Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Palamedes(-Selenus) playing dice and chess during the Siege of Troy
Engraving
1616
Detail from the title page of:
#Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
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Domenico Maria Fratta (1699-1763)
Caissa
Painting
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Miniature of Ulysses playing chess in his tent during the Trojan War
in: L'Épître Othéa by Christine de Pisan
France, Central
c. 1410-1414
British Library, London; Harley 4431, f.133
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Miniature of Ulysses playing chess in his tent during the Trojan War
in: L'Épître Othéa by Christine de Pisan
France, Central
c. 1410-1414
British Library, London; Harley 4431, f.133
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #Ulysses #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript”
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