Mathematical instrument maker
Erasmus Habermel
Also recorded as: Habermel, Erasmus · Erasmus Habermel (artist) · Erasmus Habermel (Künstler/in)
Instrument maker to Emperor Rudolf II, famed for gilt-brass astrolabes and sundials.
Habermel worked in Prague for the imperial court of Rudolf II, alongside astronomers such as Tycho Brahe. His astrolabes, sundials and surveying instruments are among the finest of the late Renaissance and are held by museums across Europe.
- Country
- Bohemia (Holy Roman Empire)
- City / centre
- Prague
- Life / active
- c. 1538–1606
- Status
- Historical individual
- Key people
- Erasmus Habermel
Innovations & specialities
- Astrolabes, sundials and surveying instruments for the imperial court
Works by Erasmus Habermel in the catalogue
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Instruments · 1580–1600
Sundial by Erasmus Habermel (artist), Czech Republic, 1580–1600
Fine Arts Museum Vienna
Instruments · 1586
Sundial by Erasmus Habermel (artist), Czech Republic, 1586
Fine Arts Museum Vienna
Instruments · 1590
Sundial by Erasmus Habermel (artist), Czech Republic, 1590
Fine Arts Museum Vienna
Instruments · 1592–1595
Sundial by Erasmus Habermel (artist), Czech Republic, 1592–1595
Fine Arts Museum Vienna
Instruments · 1593–1595
Sundial by Erasmus Habermel (artist), Czech Republic, 1593–1595
Fine Arts Museum Vienna
Instruments · 1595
Sundial by Erasmus Habermel (artist), Czech Republic, 1595
Fine Arts Museum Vienna
Instruments · 1595–1596
Sundial by Erasmus Habermel (artist), Czech Republic, 1595–1596
Fine Arts Museum Vienna
Instruments · 1901-1933
Sundial by Habermel, Erasmus, Netherlands, 1901-1933
Science Museum Group, London
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