Frontispiece: mythological figures weigh astronomical theories, from "The New Almagest" (Almagestum Novum)
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 13 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (33.3 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 5/16 in. (34.7 × 23.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.608.27
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Riccioli|Francesco Curti (Italian|Italian) · 1598 |1603 –1671 |1670
Italian, Ferrara 1598–1671 Bologna|Italian, 1603–1670