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Saturn

Saturn
from The Seven Planets series

Medium
engraving
Measurements
4.3 × 3.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 114; Hollstein p. 74; Pauli 116 iv
Edition
4th of 5 states
Inscription
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) u.l.: SATURNIS
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) u.l.: I (incomplete; cut away) / h (planetary sign for Saturn)
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: HSB (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: (3 with a flourish) (symbol for Capricornus, the Goat)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: (two zig-zag lines) (symbol for Aquarius, the Water-carrier)
Accession Number
1278.578-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
allegory (artistic device) goat (genus) personification pitchers (vessels) planetary gods planets Saturn (planet) zodiac symbols
Movements
Renaissance