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Theodor Matham: Typus Montis Vesuvii 1638   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Theodor Matham  (1605–1676)  wikidata:Q7781604
 
Alternative names
Theodor Dirck Matham; Dirck Matham; Theodoor Matham; Theodoor Dirck Matham; Theodorus Matham; theodor matham; Theod. Matham
Description Dutch engraver, painter, drawer and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1605 Edit this at Wikidata 26 March 1676 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Haarlem Amsterdam
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Haarlem (1621–1625); Rome (1629–1630); Haarlem (1637–1641); Amsterdam (1662–1676); Paris; Amsterdam (1652); The Hague (1656) Edit this at Wikidata
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Typus Montis Vesuvii 1638
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On a visit to southern Italy in 1638, Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher watched Vesuvius as it began to reverberate and smoulder. Overcome by curiosity, he hiked to the rim of the active volcano. He later wrote, "When finally I reached the crater, it was terrible to behold. The whole area was lit up by the fires, and the glowing sulphur and bitumen produced an intolerable vapour. It was just like hell, only lacking the demons to complete the picture!"

From the 17th century, prints were increasingly used to document all the aspects of nature and science, both for specialists and for general audiences.
Date 1638
date QS:P571,+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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