Astronomia, Franz Cleyn, 1645

Title(s)

Astronomia
De zeven vrije kunsten (series title)
Septem Liberales Artes (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1987-26

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein German 1-8

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Artist

• print maker: Franz Cleyn
• publisher: Thomas Rowlett

Place

London

Dating

1645

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 128 mm × width 106 mm

What

• education, science and learning
• the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'
• 'Astronomia' (~ quadrivium); 'Astronomia' (Ripa)
• predatory birds: eagle
• armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe
• star-globe
• measuring-instruments
• stars in the firmament

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1987

Copyright

Public domain

• Brucker - Coriolanus, dl. 5, p. 193, cat.nr. 1-8