1579, Vienna
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1579, Vienna
- Identifier
- 17.190.636
- Transfer of custody
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Acquisition
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Collection
- Technique
- Tabby (silk weave) 45%
- Tabby (silk weave) 51%
- Tabby (silk weave) 56%
- Embroidery 94%
- Embroidery 85%
- Embroidery 68%
- Embroidery 95%
- Embroidery 95%
- Embroidery 83%
- Embroidery 88%
- Embroidery 79%
- Embroidery 52%
- Embroidery 77%
- Embroidery 95%
- Embroidery 73%
- Embroidery 88%
- Embroidery 93%
- Embroidery 93%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 65%
- Embroidery 71%
- Embroidery 74%
- Embroidery 91%
- Embroidery 50%
- Embroidery 80%
- Embroidery 79%
- Embroidery 61%
- Embroidery 86%
- Embroidery 69%
- Embroidery 91%
- Embroidery 69%
- Embroidery 68%
- Embroidery 81%
- Embroidery 92%
- Tabby (silk weave) 45%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 92%
- Floral motif 89%
- Floral motif 46%
- Floral motif 74%
- Floral motif 50%
- Floral motif 83%
- Floral motif 64%
- Floral motif 83%
- Floral motif 76%
- Floral motif 47%
- Floral motif 80%
- Floral motif 67%
- Floral motif 52%
- Floral motif 75%
- Floral motif 58%
- Floral motif 56%
- Floral motif 73%
- Floral motif 75%
- Floral motif 70%
- Floral motif 73%
- Floral motif 65%
- Floral motif 68%
- Floral motif 56%
- Floral motif 66%
- Vegetal motif 49%
- Vegetal motif 52%
- Vegetal motif 57%
- Vegetal motif 54%
- Geometrical motif 65%
- Geometrical motif 39%
- Geometrical motif 42%
- Geometrical motif 76%
- Floral motif 92%
- Production time
- Production place
Description
This globe once rotated, charting the constellations. A unique object uniting extraordinarily complex mechanical technology with great aesthetic beauty, it belonged to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, who displayed it in his curiosity cabinet. It was valued both for its function as a scientific apparatus and for its rich, elegant casework. Pegasus bears the seemingly weightless globe on his outstretched wings. Astronomy was enabled by knowledge of arithmetic and geometry, then considered "the wings of the human mind."[Elizabeth Cleland, 2017]
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