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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Titel page of #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT), Part I
Engraving
1616
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #XersesPhus #ChessmenAndChessSets #SelenusChessmen #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
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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
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #XersesPhus #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
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Lucas Kilian
Chessboard with two putti holding palm branches and an empty chess box; left and right: Tendrils with two sets of chess pieces
Engraving
1616
Detail from #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
#ChessSet #SelenusChessmen #ChessInVisualArts #LucasKilian
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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Set of chess pieces on tendrils
Engraving
1616
Detail from: #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
#Chessmen #ChessPiece #SelenusChessmen #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
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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
#chess #dice #LegendOfOrigin #Palamedes #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
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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)
#chess #dice #LegendOfOrigin #Palamedes #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
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