A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

  • Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.
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1565
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view A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

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A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The scene is set among ruins. The books have locks. A snake encompasses the globe; a toad sits beneath it

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Antwerp : Hieronymus Cock

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 22.5 x 28.1 cm

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Vestigare geometriae intervalla locorum est, quamque alta, longa, et lata rerum corpora. Geometria. H. Cock. ex. FFlor. Bears number: 6

Notes

Print involving magic attached to verso
One of a series of personifications of the Seven Liberal Arts painted by Floris for Nicolaas Jongelinck, c. 1557. Floris's painting of 'Arithmetic' came to light in 1995, being offered for sale at Christie's, New York on 11 January 1995, lot 23. Previously the series had only been known through Cort's 1565 set of engravings

References note

For further information, see: C. van de Velde, Frans Floris (1519/20-1570) Leven en werken, Brussels: Paleis de Academien, 1975, vol. I, pp. 426-8

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Wellcome Collection 25661i

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