Ciuitas Embda

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Lodovico Guicciardini (1521 – 1589)
Ciuitas Embda (Emden) 1612

Lodovico Guicciardini, in Dutch Lowijs Guicciardijn, was an Italian-Dutch writer and cartographer. For most of his life he lived in Antwerp.

Guicciardini’s books were illustrated with maps, cityscapes and plans. Several well-known engravers collaborated on the prints. He is best known for the description he made of the Netherlands in his time, the Descrittione di tutti I Paesi-Bassi.

  • Image: the city of Emden in bird’s eye view, in the foreground five sailboats. Published in Amsterdam by Willem Janszoon Blaeu in Beschryvinghe van alle de Neder-landen
  • year: 1612
  • quality: good
  • signed: no
  • image dimensions: 33.3 cm x 24.5 cm | 13.1 x 9.6 in (h x w)
  • sheet size: 36.9 cm x 31.2 cm | 14.5 x 12.3 in (h x w)
Period

17th century

Technique

copper engraving

Framed

No

Quality

good

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