Art, literature & history
The Northern Celestial Hemisphere
1515
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- woodcut on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to image): 46 × 42.9 cm (18 1/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1954.12.233
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Albrecht Dürer. The Northern Celestial Hemisphere. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Northern Celestial Hemisphere — Albrecht Dürer. 1515.
Medium: woodcut on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed to image): 46 × 42.9 cm (18 1/8 × 16 7/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1954.12.233. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.