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The Sun (from a series of the Seven Planets)

(German, 1503–1540)
(German, 1500–1550)
(German, about 1500–1550)
1531
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut
DimensionsOther (Inner woodcut border): 30.2 × 20.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Other (woodcut frame border): 35.8 × 23.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund and Helen Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number53.125
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLetterpress in woodcut border, in cartouche lower center: Sonn.
ProvenancePrinces of Liechtenstein Collection (Lugt 4398). Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. about 1883 - d. 1983), Forest Hills, NY; 1953, sold by Zinser to the MFA for $5000 [see note]. (Accession Date: February 12, 1955)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 53.123-129 were purchased for this amount.