De Mundi Sphaera
Artist
Simon de Colines
French, circa 1480–1546
Date1542
MediumWoodcut
Dimensions11 x 7 5/8 in. (27.9 x 19.4 cm)
ClassificationsBook Arts
Credit LineReby Lewis Purchase Fund
Object numberG.62.9.16
On View
Not on viewProvenance[Ferdinand Roten Galleries,123 W. Mulberry St, Baltimore, Maryland]; purchased on March 12, 1962 by the NCMA.
Published References"Catalogue of Early Book Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events (May 1962), cat. no. 34.
"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 and 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), listed 63.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Early Book Art,” May 1962, then traveling, cat. no. 34.
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