Albrecht DÜRER
Celestial map of the northern sky
(1515)

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
43.3 × 43.0 cm (image) 45.6 × 43.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 151

Inscription
incised in image u.l.-u.r.: Imagines coeli Septentrionales cum duodecim imaginibus zodiaci

Accession Number
3609.1-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Watermark Form
Flower with Triangle

Meder 127, Briquet 6485 (found in documents dated 1471 in Augsburg, Germany, 1498 in Nuremberg, Germany and 1525 in Ingolstadt, Germany)

Completeness
complete

Chain Line Interval
40 mm

Laid Line Frequency
8-9 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
143 x 0 [ 40 ] x 0

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
unknown