Celestial globe

Willem Jansz Blaeu

Maker

Willem Jansz Blaeu

Date

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)

Culture

Dutch, Amsterdam

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1990.84

Credit line

Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1990