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Print, Perpetual Calendar

This is a Print. It was designed by Ortensio Toro and published by Giovanni Battista de' Rossi and Nicolaus van Aelst. It is dated 1594 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.


In the center of the perpetual calendar table appear arms of Ippolito Aldobrandini.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co..

Its dimensions are

H x W: 47.2 × 39.5 cm (18 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Perpetual Calendar; Designed by Ortensio Toro (Italian, active 16th century); Published by Giovanni Battista De Rossi (Italian, ca. 1601 - 1678), Nicolaus van Aelst (Flemish, ca. 1527 - 1613); Italy; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 47.2 × 39.5 cm (18 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co.; 1963-9-317

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