id:			106389
accession number:	1924.432.44
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.44
updated:		2023-03-04 09:29:28.370000

Sun (from the Tarocchi, series A:  Firmaments of the Universe, #44), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.44

title:				Sun (from the Tarocchi, series A:  Firmaments of the Universe, #44)
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creation date:			before 1467
creation date earliest:		1457
creation date latest:		1467
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, Ferrara, 15th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hind E.I. 44a

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CREATORS

* Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century)  - artist

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	inscription:	Lettered below the image of Sol (Sun): [A] / SOL·XXXX[IIII] / [44]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century
	opening date:   1933-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29, 1933-January 3, 1934).

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digital description:
This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “A”, and named <em>Firmaments of the Universe</em>. This series comprises the seven planets from the classical astronomy (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) and the three celestial spheres that separate them from the Supreme Entity (<em>Prima Causa</em>) from which everything was originated. <br><br>Here, <em>Sol </em>(Sun) is personified as a male figure, in profile, steering a chariot drawn by four horses in the sky, and above an imaginary landscape. In his right hand holds up a sun-face, whilst he looks towards a scorpion. Sun appears as <em>Helios</em>, the Greek God of Sun, and father of Phaeton. The latter secretly mounted Helios’ chariot, became frightened once high over the earth, and consequently fell from the sky down into the river Eridanos, as it is shown in this print.

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