Italy - Campania // View of the Solfatara of Pozzuoli / Volcano Forum); Georg Braun (1541–1622) e Frans Hogenberg (1535–1590) - Mirabilium Sulphureorum Montium Apud Puteolos - 1581-1600

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Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg’s copper engraving *Mirabilium Sulphureorum Montium Apud Puteolos* depicts the Solfatara of Pozzuoli in Campania and has later hand colouring.

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Suggestive and rare sixteenth-century view of the interior of the Solfatara crater of Pozzuoli (Campi Flegrei, Naples), famous since antiquity for its geothermic phenomena. The scene, enclosed in an elegant Mannerist frame adorned with mythological figures and satyrs, depicts the sulfurous fumaroles and boiling springs (DVM EXCVRRO) visited by Renaissance travelers on horseback, in a carriage, and in a sedan chair. On the sides, two oval cartouches illustrate in Latin the properties of the vapors and the thermal muds. At the back is the detailed historical and geographical description drawn up by Leandro Alberti and Georg Braun.

Stato di conservazione

• Incisione e Coloritura: Ottima impressione, nitida e ben contrastata, con colori vividi e ben conservati. Presente la consueta piega centrale editoriale.

Difetto da segnalare: sul margine bianco inferiore sinistro (ben distante dalla battuta del rame e dall'area incisa) è presente una lacerazione/strappo con piccolo foro e lieve abrasione superficiale della carta, come chiaramente documentato nel dettaglio fotografico.

Suggestive and rare sixteenth-century view of the interior of the Solfatara crater of Pozzuoli (Campi Flegrei, Naples), famous since antiquity for its geothermic phenomena. The scene, enclosed in an elegant Mannerist frame adorned with mythological figures and satyrs, depicts the sulfurous fumaroles and boiling springs (DVM EXCVRRO) visited by Renaissance travelers on horseback, in a carriage, and in a sedan chair. On the sides, two oval cartouches illustrate in Latin the properties of the vapors and the thermal muds. At the back is the detailed historical and geographical description drawn up by Leandro Alberti and Georg Braun.

Stato di conservazione

• Incisione e Coloritura: Ottima impressione, nitida e ben contrastata, con colori vividi e ben conservati. Presente la consueta piega centrale editoriale.

Difetto da segnalare: sul margine bianco inferiore sinistro (ben distante dalla battuta del rame e dall'area incisa) è presente una lacerazione/strappo con piccolo foro e lieve abrasione superficiale della carta, come chiaramente documentato nel dettaglio fotografico.

Details

Era
1400-1900
Number of objects
1
Country
Italy
Geographical specification
Campania // View of the Solfatara of Pozzuoli / Volcano Forum)
Map maker/publisher
Georg Braun (1541–1622) e Frans Hogenberg (1535–1590)
Map/book title
Mirabilium Sulphureorum Montium Apud Puteolos
Period
1581-1600
Condition
Good
Technique
Copper engraving
Additional Information
Civitates Orbis Terrarum (The Principal Cities of the Whole World)
Map colour
Later hand colour
Height
310 mm
Width
415 mm
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Objects sold
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