Hans Collaert II
Orbis Longitudines Repertae a Magnetis a Polo Declinatione

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Artist Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1566–1628)Flemish, 1566–1628

Artistafter Johannes Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605, active Italy)Flemish, 1523–1605, active Italy

PublisherPublished by Joannes Galle (Flemish, c. 1600–1676)Flemish, c. 1600–1676

CultureFlemish

Titles

Orbis Longitudines Repertae a Magnetis a Polo Declinatione
Discovery of the Establishment of the Longitudes

Datec. 1600

MediumEngraving

Dimensionsplate: 7 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches
sheet: 11 1/8 × 13 9/16 inches

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1998.9.16

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe," Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 6–December 11, 2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, January 17–April 8, 2012.

"Renaissance Technology in Print," Hawn Gallery, Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, August 20–October 12, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed on the plate bottom left corner below the image: 16 .

Printed on the plate centered below the image: ORBIS LONGITVDINES REPERTAE E MAGNETIS A POLO DECLINATIONE .

Printed on the plate bottom margin below the image: Magnete paulum vtrinque Saepe deuia Dat inuenire portum vbique Plancius.

Printed on the image bottom left to right: Ioan. Stradanus inuent. Ioan Galle excud.

Catalogue raisonnéNew Hollstein 338 (Stradanus); New Hollstein 1209 (Collaert)

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