<i>Habit d’Astrologue</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1700
notes: label: Description
content: This engraving depicts an astrologer or, rather, a man dressed as an astrologer, standing in front of the Paris Observatory. Zodiacal images adorn his body, from Aries on his head to Pisces on his foot. Suns, moons, and stars adorn his cape. He holds an armillary sphere in his right hand, and dividers in his left. A book marked “Copernicus” rests on his right arm, and one marked “Tycho Brahe” on his left. The “G. Valk Ex.” signature refers to Gerard Valck (1652-1726), an engraver and printer in Amsterdam.
label: Description
content: This may be a copy, reversed right to left, of an image created by Bonnart in Paris, or Bonnart's image may be a reversed copy of this one.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.329187
label: catalog number
content: 329187
label: accession number
content: 280070
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 7 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 19.685 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/8 in x 13 3/8 in x 7/8 in; 43.4975 cm x 33.9725 cm x 2.2225 cm