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Cleveland Museum of Art106393portraitMaster of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s)before 1467CC0cma sacred-art design-assets ink-paper-impressions sacred art design assets ink paper impressions angel renaissance drawing etching star celestial heaven light grace ornate classical figure detailed monochrome antique 16th century religious the eighth sphere tarocchi series firmaments universeMaster of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s) before 1467 Italy, Ferrara, 15th century engraving Print European ReligiousSacred & Devotional The Maker’s Cabinet Ink, Paper & Impressions
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The Angel of the Eighth Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #48) by Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s) (before 1467). Dudley P. Allen Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.48
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This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “A”, and named Firmaments of the Universe . This series comprises the seven planets from the classical astronomy (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) and the three celestial spheres that separate them from the Supreme Entity ( Prima Causa ) from which everything was originated. Here, Octava Spera (Eight Sphere or the Angel of the Eight Sphere) is personified as a full-length winged figure, turned to left, and holding up a starry sphere in its hands. This stationary angel embodies the firmament as a fixed pattern of stars, which according to Ptolemaic thought was believed to revolve around the planet earth.
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An angel in classical attire presents a detailed sphere filled with stars.
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