Anders Åkerman (b. Sweden 1721, d. s.p. 1778)
A celestial and terrestrial globe each made of 12 engraved and hand-coloured gores on papier-mache with plaster, both with full brass meridian rings and mounted in octagonal wooden stands. The celestial globe marked “Atlanti Acad Ups. Scientiarumq. R.R.S. Coll. Nom. Praes. Eetc. Illustr.mo Excellento Com. Ac. Domino Dom. C. Ehrenpreus hunc Globum Coelestem Ex Flamstedii Catalogo et recen tissimis De la Caillii observationibus ad Annum 1760 adornatum Consecret Societas Cosmogr. Ups.Interprete A. Åkerman 1759”. The terrestrial globe marked “Globus terraqueus cura Societ Cosmograph Upsal, editus a 1759 Andrea Åkerman.....Opera Friderici Akrel 1779”. Diam. c. 30 cm. H. 44 cm. (2)
Provenance: Valdemar's Castle, Tåsinge. “The Niels Juel Room” (Inv. No. NJS 16).
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Fine Art and Antiques from Valdemar's Castle, 21 September 2022