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Maris Pacifica, quoad vulgo Mar del Sur
(Renaissance Europe )
Not only is this an early depiction of the Pacific Ocean, but it is also one of the first attempts to show present-day Alaska and California.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, May 5, 1976, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
Geographies
Belgium, Antwerp
(Place of Origin)
Pacific Ocean (Place Depicted)
Measurements
Framed: H: 21 1/2 × W: 27 3/8 × D: 1 in. (54.6 × 69.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean and Sidney Silber, 2011
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
93.163