The Celestial Globe-Southern Hemisphere
1515
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 17 in. (42.5 x 43.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.537.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Celestial Globe—Southern Hemisphere*, a masterful 1515 woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, preeminent German artist of the Northern Renaissance. Measuring 16¾ x 17 inches, print from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints department captures the southern skies in a striking projection, blending astronomy, cartography, and heraldry. Dürer's precise lines depict constellations, stars, and decorative coats of arms, reflecting the era's fascination with the cosmos. Created amid the Renaissance revival of classical knowledge, this work draws on recent astronomical data from scholars like J...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...