A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Antwerp : Hieronymus Cock

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 22.5 x 28.1 cm

Vestigare geometriae intervalla locorum est, quamque alta, longa, et lata rerum corpora. Geometria. H. Cock. ex. FFlor. Bears number: 6

For further information, see: C. van de Velde, Frans Floris (1519/20-1570) Leven en werken, Brussels: Paleis de Academien, 1975, vol. I, pp. 426-8

Print involving magic attached to verso

One of a series of personifications of the Seven Liberal Arts painted by Floris for Nicolaas Jongelinck, c. 1557. Floris's painting of 'Arithmetic' came to light in 1995, being offered for sale at Christie's, New York on 11 January 1995, lot 23. Previously the series had only been known through Cort's 1565 set of engravings

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