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Astronomical Chart of the Sun and Moon
Veit Rudolph Specklin (German, died in 1550)
After: Hans Holbein, the Younger (German, 1497 or 1498–1543)
After: Hans Holbein, the Younger (German, 1497 or 1498–1543)
1534, with later alterations
Medium/Technique
Woodcut printed from two blocks on on two sheets
Dimensions
Sheet: 65.4 x 46 cm (25 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
Image: 61.9 x 43.4 cm (24 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Image: 61.9 x 43.4 cm (24 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.1226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 93b
DescriptionMade for inclusion in Sebastian Münster, Canones super novum instrumentum luminarum, docentes quo pacto per illud inveniantur Solis & Lunae medij & veri motus..., Basel, A. Cratander, March 1534.
With two lines of German text in upper cartouche and crosses in both of the circles in the lower corners.
With two lines of German text in upper cartouche and crosses in both of the circles in the lower corners.
InscriptionsIn upper cartouche: Instruments des himmels / Lauft biss uff IXXX iar.
ProvenanceP. & D. Colnaghi (London); from whom purchased by MFA, July 1931