33. Franz Brun (Master FB)
(fl. ca. 1559-1596)

Urania

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Brun, Urania

Urania

Engraving from a set of The Muses, ca. 1560, 72 x 48 mm., Bartsch 23, Nagler Monogrammisten 1926: 25, Hollstein 31, ex collection: Dr. K. O. (not in Lugt). A strong, dark impression with a tiny bit of the armillary sphere not printing, on laid paper trimmed on or just within the platemark; nicks at the top left and bottom right. Urania was the muse of Astronomy.