The Copernican Planisphere
The Copernican Planisphere (Planisphaerium Copernicanum, sive, Systema vniuersi totius creati ex hypothesi Copernicana in) — Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660).
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This print
Where it works
Cellarius's sun-centered Copernican system, pink rings carrying the planets inside a zodiac band, with grey figures and cherubs around the edge, on a cream page. The best known of his charts suits a study, a library or an entry hall at 24×36 in black, with his Ptolemaic Planisphere.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- blush pink, ochre, grey, cream
- Mood
- scholarly, grand
- Rooms
- 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.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
