Invention of the Compass, preliminary design for 'Lapis Polaris Magnes,' plate 2 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) print series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on paper, Recto: A scholar in his richly furnished study, seated at his desk using a compass. (He is identified in the related print as the legendary Flavius of Amalfi, thought to have invented the compass.) A low bowl stands in the right foreground supported by four lion feet over which human heads rise

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