Hans Collaert II
Orbis Longitudines Repertae a Magnetis a Polo Declinatione

Orbis Longitudines Repertae a Magnetis a Polo Declinatione

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Orbis Longitudines Repertae a Magnetis a Polo Declinatione
ArtistFlemish, 1566–1628
ArtistFlemish, 1523–1605, active Italy
PublisherFlemish, 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
Mat: 17 9/16 x 19 7/16 in. (44.6 x 49.3 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1998.9.16
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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
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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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