id:			106393
accession number:	1924.432.48
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.48
updated:		2020-05-13 09:01:14.519000

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
	<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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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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>Octava Spera</em> (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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