Albrecht DÜRER

Celestial map of the northern sky
(1515)

Medium

woodcut

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

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

woodcut

Measurements

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

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

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
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

Watermarks

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

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Albrecht DÜRER

Celestial map of the northern sky
(1515)