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Object Type
Museum number: 1870,0813.322
Description: Reproduction of the first state of a woodcut of the southern hemisphere of the celestial globe, showing the constellation of the stars and the signs of the zodiac arranged within a circle. 1865 Lithograph
Producer name: Print made by: Ralf Leopold von Retberg-Wettbergen; After: Albrecht Dürer
School/style
Production date: 1865
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 380 millimetres
Curator's comments: The original woodcut was made in 1515.
Bibliographic references: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (259.I) (reproduction of); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.161.152) (reproduction of first state); Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.342) (reproduction); Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations (II.244.1) (reproduction of)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: astronomy; map/plan
Associated names: Associated with: Johann Stabius; Associated with: Conrad Heinfogel; Associated with: Sebastian Sprenz
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1870
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1870,0813.322

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