A good impression on wove paper The print depicts a nude female figure, sometimes identified as Urania, the Greek muse of astronomy, standing within an armillary sphere. The sphere is an astronomical device used to model the celestial sphere, and it features the signs of the zodiac around the ecliptic. Dürer created this work around the time he was exploring human anatomy, mathematical proportions, and perspective in his art. The woodcut was published in a book of astronomical predictions, likely the Prognosticon by Johannes Stabius. A 20th century printing, published in 1938 in Germany. An engraving after the original woodblock. Condition is good.