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Engraving of a nude woman seated on a ledge beside an armillary sphere and a globe, with a Latin inscription below.

Astronomy: nude seated figure with armillary sphere and globe

An engraved print shows a nude female figure seated on a ledge, turning toward a celestial globe and an armillary sphere on a table at right. Her left foot rests on a terrestrial globe, and an inscription runs along the bottom edge.

Artist
Giulio Bonasone (mentioned on object)
Date
1544
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3393 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1544.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Zodiac and the Stars16th centuryrenaissance1540s1544engravingprintallegorynude figureastronomyarmillary spherecelestial globe

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