Terms and conditions of use
Celestial map of the southern sky
1515
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
43.0 × 43.2 cm (image) 45.6 × 43.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 152
Edition
2nd state
Inscription
incised (in image) u.c.: Imagines coeli meridionales
incised (in image) u.r.: Reverendiss. / domino & illustriss. / Principi Domino Matheo / Sacrosancte Romane ecclesie / S. Angeli Diacono Cardinali Sa / cte Saltzpurgen Metropolis coad / iutori. Sa Caes Mt per Italia / locumtenenti generali Domi. / no obseruandissimo colen / dissimoq Dedicatum.
inscribed (in image) l.l.: Ioann. Stabius ordinauit / Conradus Heinfogel stellas / posuit / Albertus Durer imaginibus circumscripsit
inscribed (in image) l.r.: Imp Caes Diuus Ma / ximilianus P. F. Aug. Pri / uilegio cauit nequis Libros / Membranas cartas picturas Vo / lumina vel quaecunq alia quae Io / ann. Stabius sub suo titulo & noie / emiserit sine sua expressa volun / tate in decem Annis a die editio / nis sequentibus imprimat sub / pena amissionis rerum im / pressarum. & decem mar / charum auri puri. / 1515
Accession Number
3609.2-4
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
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
38 mm
Laid Line Frequency
8-9 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires
142 x ? [ 2 I 50 I 2 ] x ?
Wire Side
verso
Radiograph taken from
unknown