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Celestial globe, Willem Jansz Blaeu, after 1621, Paper, brass, oak and stained, light-colored wood
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Celestial globe

Willem Jansz Blaeu · after 1621

Medium
Paper, brass, oak and stained, light-colored wood
Dimensions
Overall: 20 1/2 × 18 5/8 in. (52.1 × 47.3 cm); Diameter (globe): 13 3/8 in. (34 cm)
Accession
1990.84
Credit line
Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1990
Culture
Dutch, Amsterdam
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