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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1877,0811.1041
Title: Object: Jupiter; Series: Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci; Series: The Seven Planets
Description: Jupiter holding lightning bolts rides in a chariot drawn by two eagles on clouds in the sky; below an extensive landscape with a myriad of buildings and small rocky islands; zodiac signs of Sagittarius and Pisces in ovals in top corners; lower margin cut; after Maarten de Vos. 1585 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Jan Sadeler I; After: Maarten de Vos; Published by: Jan Sadeler I
School/style: Flemish
Production date: 1585
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 215 millimetres (cut below); Width: 245 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For comment and title-page see 1877,0811.1306. For another impression see 1870,0625.698.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (1383) (Maarten de Vos)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: zodiac; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Rev John Burleigh James (L.1425); Purchased through: Sotheby's (sale March - May 1877/4382); Purchased through: Goupil
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0811.1041

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