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200 - (cartography -Holland) by Jodocus HONDIUS Junior.
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Estimate €150,000 - €200,000
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(cartography -Holland) by Jodocus HONDIUS Junior. Globe by Jodocus Hondius Junior, dated 1618. Glued paper enhanced with colours, gold highlights, grisaille, mounted on a plaster and wood sphere. Text in humanist Latin lettering, cartography, with mentions such as "Nova Guinea", "Terra Australis". Amsterdam 17th century, dated 1618 Wood, plaster, paper. Total width: 51 cm. Settled in Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius Jr, after the death of his father, went into partnership with Johannes Janssonius (ca. 1588-1664), son of Jan Janz de Arnhem and Abraham Goos. Conservation : - Old restoration and rework to the polychromy, wear, conservation restoration. - The grey and gilded polychromy on the legs and base is consistent with decorative interventions in the first half of the 18th century, particularly in the French Louis XIV-Louis XV style, sometimes attributed to Parisian restorers or merchants such as Nicolas Bion. This partial restoration does not alter the authenticity of the globe, but on the contrary enriches its material history. - The engraved brass meridian circle is well preserved, with its scale still visible. Related work: - The Bibliothèque nationale de France's Department of Maps and Plans holds a globe dated 1600 by Jocodus Hondius (1563-1612) and dedicated to Maurice de Nassau. - Similar spheres are depicted in three paintings by Vermeer, the Astronomer, the Geographer and the Allegory of Faith (terrestrial globe). - Celestial globe by Jodocus Hondius Junior (1613), a major work of Dutch cartography in the Golden Age. The son of the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius the Elder, he and Adriaen Veen completed a 53.5 cm diameter globe begun by his father in 1611. Made up of paper spindles glued to a wooden and plaster sphere, it depicts the fixed stars observed by Tycho Brahe in the northern hemisphere and the southern constellations discovered by Pieter Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. Dedicated to the States of the United Provinces, it combines scientific precision with refined artistic engraving. An emblematic example kept at the Museo Galileo in Florence (restored in 2021), it illustrates Amsterdam's excellence in terrestrial and celestial globes. Lot presented by Mr Akio Seto
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About the sale Classic sale - Historical souvenirs
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Auction time 06/19/2026 at 2:00 PM
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