Italy - Marche// Ascoli; • Disegnatore: Emidio Ferrett//Editore: Joan Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1596 – 1673) - Asculum Picenum. Notabiliora. - 1621-1650
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The hand-coloured copper engraving “Asculum Picenum. Notabiliora”, depicting Ascoli Piceno in the Marche, Italy, was drawn by Emidio Ferretti and published by Joan Blaeu around 1663.
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A suggestive perspectival plan of Ascoli Piceno, bearing the Latin title “Asculum Picenum” in the large ornamental cartouche placed in the upper left corner, accompanied by the legend “Notabiliora” with numbered references to the main buildings and places of the city.
The representation richly details the urban fabric: streets, squares, churches, conventual complexes, palaces, fortifications, bridges and city approaches. Particularly decorative is the course of the Tronto and Castellano rivers, which delimit the urban core, surrounded by cultivated fields, gardens, orchards and tree-lined areas.
The buildings are depicted in an elevated perspective, allowing appreciation of the city’s layout and its relation to the surrounding territory.
In the lower part two graphical scales appear; in the lower right corner there is a compass rose.
The coloring presents green tones for the landscape, blue for the waterways and reddish-brown for the buildings, with particularly decorative effects.
The verso bears printed Latin text arranged in columns, with historical-descriptive notes.
• Draftsman: Emidio Ferretti (Ascoli Piceno, active in the first half of the XVII century)
• Engraver: Pierre Miotte (France/Rome, active ca. 1640–1660)
• Publisher: Joan Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1596 – 1673) — Edition circa 1663.
Brown staining widely spread on the paper, with variations in tone and darker areas.
• Prominent vertical center crease, accompanied by further folds, waviness and creases of the sheet.
Reinforcements and repairs on the verso with paper
See photo
A suggestive perspectival plan of Ascoli Piceno, bearing the Latin title “Asculum Picenum” in the large ornamental cartouche placed in the upper left corner, accompanied by the legend “Notabiliora” with numbered references to the main buildings and places of the city.
The representation richly details the urban fabric: streets, squares, churches, conventual complexes, palaces, fortifications, bridges and city approaches. Particularly decorative is the course of the Tronto and Castellano rivers, which delimit the urban core, surrounded by cultivated fields, gardens, orchards and tree-lined areas.
The buildings are depicted in an elevated perspective, allowing appreciation of the city’s layout and its relation to the surrounding territory.
In the lower part two graphical scales appear; in the lower right corner there is a compass rose.
The coloring presents green tones for the landscape, blue for the waterways and reddish-brown for the buildings, with particularly decorative effects.
The verso bears printed Latin text arranged in columns, with historical-descriptive notes.
• Draftsman: Emidio Ferretti (Ascoli Piceno, active in the first half of the XVII century)
• Engraver: Pierre Miotte (France/Rome, active ca. 1640–1660)
• Publisher: Joan Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1596 – 1673) — Edition circa 1663.
Brown staining widely spread on the paper, with variations in tone and darker areas.
• Prominent vertical center crease, accompanied by further folds, waviness and creases of the sheet.
Reinforcements and repairs on the verso with paper
See photo
Details
Era
1400-1900
Number of objects
1
Country
Italy
Geographical specification
Marche// Ascoli
Map maker/publisher
• Disegnatore: Emidio Ferrett//Editore: Joan Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1596 – 1673)
Map/book title
Asculum Picenum. Notabiliora.
Period
1621-1650
Condition
Reasonable
Technique
Copper engraving
Additional Information
Theatre of the City-States and Admirable Italy
Map colour
Later hand colour
Height
400 mm
Width
510 mm
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