Astronomy

c. 1597

Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel

Artist, Dutch, 1572 - 1633

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.2 x 13 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.75

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 10

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Goltzius). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 705

Inscriptions

bottom margin of plate: Ardua stelliferi perlustro sydera coeli, / Et ruteli Scrutor sublimes etheris orbes. / HG; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: 935; by later hand, bottom margin verso, in graphite: C. Drebbel - Goltzius "Astronomy" B III.7

Wikidata ID

Q76559191

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