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Antique Celestial Map 1593 — Van Aelst, Spheres of Heaven

Name: Antique Celestial Map 1593 — Van Aelst, Spheres of Heaven
Brand: Old Map Studio
SKU: RIJKSRPP201159
Price: 14.9 USD
Availability: InStock

CODE: RIJKSRPP201159

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Description

An antique celestial map from Rome, 1593

An engraving published in Rome in 1593 by Nicolaus van Aelst, with a privilege of the Senate of Rome and his dedication to Ferdinand of Bavaria. The engraver is not named. The Rijksmuseum sheet measures 497 × 380 mm.

What is on the sheet

The museum describes it as a cross-section of the heavens in pre-Copernican cosmology. Concentric bands rise from the elements through the planets, the constellations and the crystalline heaven to the choirs of angels, the saints, the Virgin Mary and the Trinity. Scenes from the Apocalypse climb from the lower right toward the Trinity at top center, and at the lower left a map of the northern Mediterranean carries an inset of John on Patmos. Decorative borders frame the whole.

Your file

Original	engraving, Rome 1593, sheet 497 × 380 mm, Rijksmuseum RP-P-2011-59
Scan	full sheet 4452 × 5980 px; the map inside the trimmed border 4102 × 5408 px
Print size at 300 dpi	the map prints to 45 cm (18 in), the full sheet with margins to 50 cm (20 in)
You download	six ZIP archives: full sheet, trimmed, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 and ISO A
Inside each one	one JPEG at 300 dpi, the restoration passport as a PDF, a READ ME

How to print

The sheet is upright. Pick the archive whose proportions match your frame; ask for matte fine-art paper in sRGB with auto-enhancement off.
Where to print it: print shops near you and checked prices at online labs.

Source and rights

The file is made from the Rijksmuseum's own scan of object RP-P-2011-59, which the museum marks as public domain. The two collectors' marks recorded for the sheet, Lugt 2228 and Lugt 2760, are not visible in the trimmed map. There is no TIFF master in the package. Catalogue record: Rijksmuseum →

Every map is a scan of a real sheet held in a named archive — library, shelfmark and year, all stated. Nothing generated, nothing redrawn.