Title: Frontispiece: mythological figures weigh astronomical theories, from "The New Almagest" (Almagestum Novum)
Object type: Print
Date: 1651
Artist:  Francesco Curti 
Artist bio: Italian, 1603–1670
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 13 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (33.3 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 5/16 in. (34.7 × 23.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY