Vestigare geometriae interualla locorum est, quamque alto, longa, et lata rerum corpora [graphic] / F. Flor.
1565
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Title
Vestigare geometriae interualla locorum est, quamque alto, longa, et lata rerum corpora [graphic] / F. Flor.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: 7 liberal arts : geometrica.
Created/published
[Antwerp] : H. Cock ex, [1565]
Description
1 print : engraving ; image 214 x 283 mm
Associated name
Cort, Cornelis, 1533?-1578, printmaker.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570, artist.
Cock, Hieronymus, approximately 1510-1570, publisher.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570, artist.
Cock, Hieronymus, approximately 1510-1570, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
A woman and two men are gathered around a globe of the world. The woman holds a drafting compass and wears a crown that looks like the turrets of a castle. A frog and a snake are at the base of the globe. Various books and tools for measuring are scattered about on the ground.
Note
Inscribed in plate beneath lower right corner of image: 6.
Hollstein, vol. 5, p. 59, attributes engraving to Cornelis Cort. Lists 3 states of the 1565 prints, but this set is none of these.
Hollstein, vol. 5, p. 59, attributes engraving to Cornelis Cort. Lists 3 states of the 1565 prints, but this set is none of these.
Genre/form
Emblems (allegorical pictures)
Prints.
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART Box F639 no.6 (size S)
Folger accession
214468