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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4918
People
Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title
Geometry
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Liberal Arts
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/241459

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 14.6 x 10.9 cm (5 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
7 sheets framed together: 61.8 x 77 cm (24 5/16 x 30 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
W 133, H 550

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4918
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jonathan Shaw and Jennifer Carling, "Spheres of Knowledge: Artistic discovery in Renaissance Europe", Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA, November-December 2011), vol. 114, no. 2, pp.42-47, p 46
  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2011), cat. 94 p.374-379, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/06/2011 - 12/10/2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, 01/17/2012 - 04/08/2012

Verification Level

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