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Amerigo Vespucci discovering the Southern Cross with an astrolabium New Inventions of Modern Times
Printmaker:
Collaert, Jan II
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano)
(After)
At the left a rectangle with a portrait-medallion of Dante at the top and verses below.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
16th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1591
State II/III
Accession number: 22.I.8-176
Primary reference Number: 142725
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 1211 (Collaert)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 340-II (Straet)
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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