1578

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    Carta geografica intagliata in legno che mostra l’Italia, dalle Alpi a Napoli, tratta dall’opera “Cosmografia Universalis” di Sebastian Munster pubblicata a Basilea nel 1578. Si tratta di una delle prime mappe stampate dell’Italia settentrionale basata su dati contemporanei. Tra le città evidenziate ci sono Roma, Venezia, Ferrara, Bologna, Milano, Padova, Verona con il lago di Garda, Genova, Firenze, Torino, Trento, Aquileia, Trieste. Viene mostrato anche il Mar Adriatico come “Adriaticum Mare”, e sono presenti isole…

    • Author: MUNSTER Sebastian
    • Dimension: 16 x 13 cm
    • Place of publication: Basle
    • Year: 1578
  • Very fine burin by Philips Galle after Jan van der Straet. From the series “Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium”. In the centre foreground, Diana, holding an olive branch, is seated upon a rock beside a reclining river god with a cornucopia; on either side fishermen men wade in a river with nets and mallets; beyond, the river, spanned by a bridge, flows between two hills with villages. [cod.964/15]

    • Author: GALLE Philips
    • Year: 1578
    • Dimension: 291 x 218 mm
  • Very fine burin by Philips Galle after Jan van der Straet . From the series “Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium”. It shows in the centre foreground, a river god holds a cornucopia and rests upon a rocky outcrop; beside him, the goddess Diana holds an olive branch; below them, to the left, men fish with rods, while to the right, men fish at night with lanterns and nets; a village on the left flanks the river… [cod.963/15]

    • Author: GALLE Philips
    • Year: 1578
    • Dimension: 290 x 210 mm