Celestial Map of the Northern Sky with the Twelve Zodiac Signs

A black woodcut on ivory paper showing a star chart of the northern constellations, with figures of men and animals drawn in linked dotted lines across the sky. Latin inscription runs across the top, and robed figures appear in the four corners, with a dense network of star points and fine hatching throughout.

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Date

1515

Medium

Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2102 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection