Sujet

Star chart or map of the heavens, 1684 and/or 1792. Creators: Remmet Teunisse Backer, Johannes de Broen.

Légende

Star chart or map of the heavens, 1684 and/or 1792. 'Door dit hemels pleyn wert vertoondt den gehelen loop des hemels der vaste sterren met haer beeltenisse'. (By this celestial pleyn wert, the whole course of heaven of the fixed stars with her image). Map of the constellations. The map is divided horizontally into 12 months from October. The lower 1/3 has the same division in twelve with the corresponding constellations and their important data: hours, signs, degrees. Bottom right the 'lost constellation' of the 'Noah's Ark'. The tables containing the data are coloured.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A89_155

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79,6Mo (5,0Mo) / 48,5cm x 41,1cm / 5724 x 4860 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe animal animals arts stars map science art astronomy museum Netherlands Dutch color astrology constellation constellations dragon century print monster monsters mythology calendar zodiac B&W watercolour 17th century engraved engraving Colour mythical creature black & white black and white B W white and black 18th century Eighteenth Century zodiac sign seventeenth century mythical beast Rijksmuseum TGN Signs of the Zodiac Star Chart mythical creatures paper Ram Heritage Art mythical beasts mythological creature sign of the Zodiac Low Countries watercolour (paint) Remmet Teunisse Backer Backer Remmet Teunisse Johannes de Broen Broen Johannes de Johannes de Ram Johannes de Jan Barend Elwe