Printmaking · Space · Catalog HV6D4YUR

Sun (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #44)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s) · before 1467

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, Sol (Sun) is personified as a male figure, in profile, steering a chariot drawn by four horses in the sky, and ab