Frontispiece of the Harmonia Macrocosmica
Frontispiece of the Harmonia Macrocosmica (Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica) — Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660).
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This print
Where it works
The frontispiece of Cellarius's atlas: astronomers in red, gold and blue robes gathered around globes and instruments beneath cherubs, a sun and a moon, in full color filling the sheet. A richly colored piece for a library, study or dining wall on cream or navy at 24×36 in black.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- red, gold, cornflower blue, cream
- Mood
- grand, colorful
- Rooms
- dining room, study or library, bedroom, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
Details & materials
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About this design
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The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
