The Emblem Shelf
Artemis of Ephesus
A goddess clothed in animals.
- Work
- from Oedipus Aegyptiacus
- Maker
- Athanasius Kircher
- Date
- 1652–1654
- Source
- Published Rome, 1652–1654 · scan: Wikimedia Commons
Format
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source plate — yours to print, study, and explore.
Size
$29.00
The story
The goddess stands stiff and frontal, a tall crown on her head, rows of rounded forms across her chest and bands of animals running down her robe. Athanasius Kircher drew Artemis of Ephesus for Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 1652–1654, after the ancient statues known in Rome. She was one of the most copied images of the classical world, and Kircher placed her among the many-named mother goddesses he traced back to Egypt. The narrow upright plate suits her: she is all column.
See it on your wall
The plate, in your home
Artemis of Ephesus printed large and framed, hung in rooms like yours. Every edition ships ready to become the piece the room is built around.
About this reproduction
- A faithful reproduction of a public-domain plate — from Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652), held by Published Rome, 1652–1654 · scan: Wikimedia Commons. The work was published before 1931 and is centuries out of copyright.
- Printed to order on 200gsm EMA matte art paper; framed pieces sit behind acrylic, no mat.
- Color-managed to the source scan; we correct nothing and invent nothing.
- Ships in 5–10 business days, rolled in a heavy-wall tube (framed pieces ship flat-packed).
- If it arrives less than perfect, we reprint or refund — your choice.
Why our plates cost more than a poster: we print from the highest-resolution scans available, at sizes where the engraving itself becomes visible — the emblem line, the letterpress bite, the registration of colour — on stock made to outlive its owner.
