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Allegory of geometry

Jan Sadeler1570/1600

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork
Frombork, Poland

The personification of geometry, which was imagined as a woman in a draped, antique dress and a decorative breastplate, with a corona muralis on her head. The figure leans over the globe, measuring it with a pair of compasses held in his right hand. The ball is supported by a frog and a snake. Measuring instruments are placed around it - compasses, rulers and books. Ancient ruins in the background.

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  • Title: Allegory of geometry
  • Creator: Johan Sadeler (I)
  • Date Created: 1570/1600
  • Location Created: unknown
  • Physical Dimensions: 14.8 x 10.5 cm
  • Type: graphics
  • Medium: copperplate
  • Art Genre: allegory
  • Art Form: graphics
  • Support: paper
  • Depicted Topic: allegory, geometry
Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork

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