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Collaert, Hans [Jan] I (c.1530-1581)

After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523-1605 Florence). Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp): New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], Amerigo Vespucci Discovering the Southern Cross with an Astrolabium, plate 18. Ca. 1600. Below him is a table with his tools and candle providing light so he can see his work. To the left is a text panel with a portrait-medallion of Dante with a passage from his 'Purgatory'which alludes to the four stars. Engraving, sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27 x 20 cm). The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949 (49.95.870(9)).

Location The Metropolitan Museum of Art/New York, NY/USA

Unique Identifier ART585209

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 6606px × 4991px

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