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Object number
P-149b
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Classification
Work on Paper
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Object name
Book Page
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Title
"Saturnus"
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Creator
Mallet, Alain, Vogel
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Description
Landscape with a water powered mill; Saturn is pictured in sky. From Mallet's "Description de l'Univers," German edition.
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Object Story
Alain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706) was a French mathematician and military engineer who served in the court of Louis XIV. Mallet was a travelled man who nurtured a special interest in surveying and geography. In 1683 he published an encyclopedic work in 5 volumes entitled Description de l'Univers.\n \n The first volume contains several astronomical illustrations, including this gracious rendition of Saturn as seen through a telescope, but placed (in clear disproportion) against a bucolic backdrop. Mallet used these visual arrangements in order to captivate the reader's attention.
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Technique
Engraving, Handcolored
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Place Of Prod.
Germany
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14.6 |
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20.4 |
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15 |
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