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Luna

Luna
1539
from The Seven Planets series

Medium
engraving
Measurements
4.4 × 3.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 120; Hollstein p. 74; Pauli 122 ii
Edition
2nd of 5 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: 7 / LVNA / (Planetary sign for Luna)
printed in ink (in image) c.r.: 1539 / HSB (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: (Zodiac sign of Cancer, the Crab)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: B 120
Accession Number
1278.584-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
allegory (artistic device) crab (infraorder) crescents (motifs) crustacean moons personification planetary gods zodiac symbols
Movements
Renaissance