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Art for the Study

Maps, plates and the pieces you look up at between thoughts.

From Cabinet of Curiosities 53The Firmament 43The Alembic 29The Complication 18 and 2 more houses

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The Golden-Winged Woodpecker

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00287from $55

The Watch-Maker at His Bench

Unknown engraver

Engraving, 18th–19th century

PA-00533from $55

The Northern Star Hemisphere

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00949from $55

The Christian Sky

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00950from $55

Cassini's Moon

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Plate, 1679

PA-00974from $95

The Copernican System

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00978from $55

The Tychonic System

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00979from $55

A View of the Copernican System

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00985from $55

The Weighing of the World Systems

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

Plate, 1651

PA-00986from $60

The Wild Turkey

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00277from $60

The Baltimore Oriole

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1828

PA-00278from $60

The Carolina Parrot

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1828

PA-00279from $60

The Great-Footed Hawk

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1829

PA-00280from $60

The Mocking Bird

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00281from $60

The Purple Martin

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00282from $60

The Sun Rises Over the City

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00507from $60

The Dragon Arum

William Ward, after Peter Charles Henderson and Robert John Thornton

Plate, 1801

PA-00249from $60

The Book of the Fixed Stars

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, Copied late 15th century

PA-00259from $60

Cepheus

Sidney Hall

Plate, 1825

PA-00263from $60

Discomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00270from $60

Cubomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00272from $60

Trochilidae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00273from $60

The Snow Bird

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00283from $60

The Booby

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00286from $55

The Timber Rattlesnake

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00289from $55

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Maria Sibylla Merian

Plate, 1705

PA-00290from $55

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

The Seventh Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

PA-00527from $55

The Ninth Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

PA-00528from $55

The Zytglogge Sketches — 1534

Unknown draughtsman

Plate, 1534

PA-00541from $60

The Peacock’s Tail

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00506Display only

The Woman at the Furnace

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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The King’s Vapor Bath

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

PA-00514Display only

Ripley Scroll — Getty Research Institute, 950053

Unknown English scribe-illuminator; verses traditionally attributed to George Ripley

Plate, c. 1600–1700

PA-00522Display only

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

after Czermak / Kandler

Engraving of the Prague astronomical clock, 1837

PA-00540Display only

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

William Cheselden

Plate, 1733

PA-00940Display only

The Body at Life Size

Paolo Mascagni

Plate, 1823–1831

PA-00946Display only

Garden Parsley

Elizabeth Blackwell

Plate, 1737–1739

PA-00254Display only

Rosemary

Elizabeth Blackwell

Plate, 1737–1739

PA-00255Display only

Mint

Elizabeth Blackwell

Plate, 1737–1739

PA-00256Display only

The Fourth Muscle Man

Andreas Vesalius (woodcut, Basel workshop of Johannes Oporinus)

Woodcut, 1543

PA-00276Display only

The Bat’s Flea, with Fleabane

John Curtis

Plate, 1830

PA-00291Display only

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

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The Knight Upon Two Fountains

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

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The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00503Display only

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00504Display only

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00505Display only

Go to the Woman Washing Clothes

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

PA-00508Display only

Pieces

The Golden-Winged Woodpecker

The Watch-Maker at His Bench

The Northern Star Hemisphere

The Christian Sky

Cassini's Moon

The Copernican System

The Tychonic System

A View of the Copernican System

The Weighing of the World Systems

The Wild Turkey

The Baltimore Oriole

The Carolina Parrot

The Great-Footed Hawk

The Mocking Bird

The Purple Martin

The Sun Rises Over the City

The Dragon Arum

The Book of the Fixed Stars

Cepheus

Discomedusae

Cubomedusae

Trochilidae

The Snow Bird

The Booby

The Timber Rattlesnake

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

The Seventh Key

The Ninth Key

The Zytglogge Sketches — 1534

The Peacock’s Tail

The Woman at the Furnace

The King’s Vapor Bath

Ripley Scroll — Getty Research Institute, 950053

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

The Body at Life Size

Garden Parsley

Rosemary

Mint

The Fourth Muscle Man

The Bat’s Flea, with Fleabane

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

The Knight Upon Two Fountains

The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Go to the Woman Washing Clothes

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