{"id":25244,"date":"2022-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/celestial-chart-seutter\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:40:12","slug":"celestial-chart-seutter","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/miscellaneous\/miscellaneous-before-1880\/celestial-chart-seutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Celestial chart &#8211; Matthaeus Seutter, c. 1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Planisphaerium Coeleste.<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; Copper engraving published by <strong>Matth\u00e4us Seutter<\/strong> in Nuremberg around<strong> 1750<\/strong>. Coloured by a later hand. Size: 48 x 57 cm.<\/p>\n<p>This chart shows us the stars of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres depicted as allegorical figures, animals and scientific instruments. The style of the constellations follows the <em>Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia<\/em> from 1687 by the Polish astronomer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johannes_Hevelius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johannes Hevelius<\/a>. The chart&#8217;s design was based on work by the Nuremberg astronomer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georg_Christoph_Eimmart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georg Christoph Eimmart<\/a> (1638-1705).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the hemispheres, we see seven diagrams against a background of clouds. At the top left texts from Genesis: God called the light &#8220;day&#8221;, and the darkness He called &#8220;night&#8221;. At the top right the phases of the moon as seen from earth. In the center at the top we see God as the Creator, seated on a cloud and accompanied by putti. At the bottom left: the illumination of the moon by the sun, astronomical models by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tycho_Brahe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tycho Brahe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicolaus_Copernicus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copernicus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ptolemy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ptolemy<\/a> as well as a model by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippe_van_Lansberge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Lansberge<\/a> about the movement of the earth around the sun. A key to the size of the stars on the hemispheres is shown in the center.<\/p>\n<p>Price: Euro 1.950,-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Planisphaerium Coeleste.&#8221; Copper engraving published by Matth\u00e4us Seutter in Nuremberg around 1750. Coloured by a later hand. Size: 48 x 57 cm. 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