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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4187
People
Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
Title
Sol (with Phaethon)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Seven Planets
Former Title: Apollo
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1533
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/277352

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 9.7 × 6.4 cm (3 13/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge, justified right: CLAR9 INOFFENSO RADIOS DAT LVCIE PHOEB9 / ATQUE FVGAT VBRAS TRISTITIAMQUE PO
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: CS [script monogram; Carl Schlösser (Lugt 636)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: KvonLiphart [script; Karl Eduard von Liphart (Lugt 1687)]
  • inscription: in plate, on throne: AG [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4187
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B 74

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 74, Bartsch 74

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4187
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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