Sun, Moon & Planets
The Phases of the Moon
The lunar cycle, by a forgotten woman astronomer.
- Chart
- Micrographia stellarum phases lunae
- Astronomer
- Maria Clara Eimmart
- Date
- c. 1690s
- Held by
- Nuremberg Observatory · Linda Hall Library
Finish
Arrangement
Format
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source — yours to print, study, and explore.
Size
$29.00
The story
Maria Clara Eimmart grew up in her father's observatory in Nuremberg and became a fine astronomer in her own right, making some three hundred and fifty exquisite drawings of the Moon through every stage of its cycle — luminous chalk and pastel on board primed a deep blue, the changing face of the Moon rendered with a patience and beauty few equalled. She died in childbirth at thirty-one, and was very nearly forgotten. Her Moons are a quiet monument to a lost talent, and to all the women who watched the sky.
See it on your wall
A window onto the heavens, in your home
The Phases of the Moon printed large and framed, hung in rooms like yours. Every edition ships ready to become the piece the room is built around.
About this reproduction
- A faithful reproduction of a public-domain chart held by Nuremberg Observatory · Linda Hall Library — the work is centuries out of copyright.
- Printed to order on EMA matte art paper, 200gsm. Framed pieces sit in a box frame under acrylic, with no mount (gold-ink editions on specialist press).
- Color-managed to the source scan; we correct nothing and invent nothing.
- Ships in 5–10 business days, rolled in a heavy-wall tube (framed pieces ship flat-packed).
- If it arrives less than perfect, we reprint or refund — your choice.
Why our charts cost more than a poster: we print from the highest-resolution scans in existence, at sizes where the engraving itself becomes visible — the gold figures, the tiny stars, the cartouches — on a matte sheet that shows every line without glare.
