id: 106393
accession number: 1924.432.48
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The Angel of the Eighth Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #48), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.48
title: The Angel of the Eighth Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #48)
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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. 48a
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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 Octava Spera (Eight Sphere): ·A· / ·OCTAVASPERA·XXXXVIII· / ·48
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century
opening date: 1933-11-29T05:00:00
Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29, 1933-January 3, 1934).
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This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “A”, and named Firmaments of the Universe. 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 (Prima Causa) from which everything was originated.
Here, Octava Spera (Eight Sphere or the Angel of the Eight Sphere) is personified as a full-length winged figure, turned to left, and holding up a starry sphere in its hands. This stationary angel embodies the firmament as a fixed pattern of stars, which according to Ptolemaic thought was believed to revolve around the planet earth.
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