The Sun, from The Seven Planets
date: label: Date
content: 1539
name: label: Designer
content: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The figure of the Sun stands, facing right in profile. He wears a crown and in his right hand carries a wand which bears a face with gleaming rays. He is accompanied by Leo (the lion). At upper left, the word "SOL" and the symbol for gold.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Leo Wallerstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-131-7
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 4.4 × 2.9 cm (1 3/4 × 1 1/8 in.)