print
- Museum number
- 1845,0825.476
- Description
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Moon; the goddess in the sky identified by an inscription: 'LUNA' riding a chariot drawn by two women; the wheel of the chariot decorated with a crab, sign of the zodiac Cancer; below activities influenced by the goddess (eg. fishing, hunting); in the centre, on a pillar, a clock inscribed with the hours of the day and a bridge on which some villagers transport sacks on the back of two mules to a mill. c.1464.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1464 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 324 millimetres
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Width: 216 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The print belongs to the so-called 'original' series of 'Planets', a group of engravings created probably around 1460 in a style called by Hind 'Fine Manner'. For this group see the entry for Hind A.III.1a (1845-8-25-474).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1999-2000, Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, The Story of Time
- Acquisition date
- 1845
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1845,0825.476
