Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic Triacontrahedron and Icosahedron), Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies)
date: label: Date
content: 1568
name: label: Designer
content: Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585
label: Engraver
content: Jost Amman, Swiss, active Germany, 1539–1591
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Plate from Jamnitzer's compendium of perspectival geometry, Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies) showing two polyhedral variants. The book is based on the five Platonic solids or "regular bodies."
place: label: made in
content: Germany
label: published in
content: Nuremberg, 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: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-192-3-37
objectType: label: Type
content: models and prototypes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 23.3 × 35.5 cm (9 3/16 × 14 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 17.7 × 25.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)