Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving of Matthäus Merian by Joachim von Sandrart
Frankfurt c. 1612; engraving by Matthäus Merian
The castle and the town of Regensberg in Topographia Helvetiae, c. 1650
Gustav II Adolf in Polish 'delia' coat, painting by Matthäus Merian, 1632
Alchemical illustration, Musaeum Hermeticum, 1678
Discursus XXXI, Epigramma XXXI, from Atalanta Fugiens, 1618

Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family.

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