LI NOMI ANTICHI E MODERNI DE LISOLA DI SICILIA
| Reference: | S38505 |
| Author | Paolo FORLANI |
| Year: | 1566 ca. |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 438 x 347 mm |
| Reference: | S38505 |
| Author | Paolo FORLANI |
| Year: | 1566 ca. |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 438 x 347 mm |
Description
Etching with engraving, printed on contemporary laid paper with "Siren in circle" watermark (Woodward 88-90), with original added margins, very good condition.
A fine example of this very rare map of Sicily, edited by Ferrando Bertelli and probably engraved by Paolo Forlani, to which it is assigned by Woodward, which suggests a dating around 1560.
It is a Venetian replica of the model of Giacomo Gastaldi (1545); in particular, it is very similar to the Luchini's work of 1558.
This is demonstrated by the partial representation of the islands surrounding Sicily, and the repetition of some errors in the place names. It is distinguished by the large ornamental cartouche at the top left, which contains a partial cartouche list of ancient and modern names, which Bertelli probably takes from the typographic sheet attributed to Antonio Lafreri.
The dating of the work is rather approximate: Woodward, as mentioned, suggests the 1560 while in our previous bibliography on the papers of Italy we indicated about 1567, followed also by Valerio. In the sea, as in Gastaldi's plate, there are no decorative elements.
“Si tratta di una carta di difficile datazione, stampata da Ferrando Bertelli intorno al 1566-67. Anche Bertelli prende a modello la carta di Gastaldi, probabilmente nella redazione di Luchino del 1558, della quale riduce di poco le dimensioni. La carta compare in una raccolta di 94 mappe, conservata presso la Biblioteca Casanatense, pubblicate tra il 1554 e il 1567, ed è molto probabile che anche questa carta, non datata, si riferisca a quell'arco temporale e, in particolare agli ultimi anni di quella cronologia (Ganado 1982: 41). La carta si trova anche in altri atlanti fattizi realizzati a Venezia quali la così detta raccolta Doria (Wardington Library), e in una raccolta della British Library (Shirley). Woodward attribuisce a Paolo Forlani l'esecuzione dell'incisione. Ferrando Bertelli, che si firma in lastra con "Ferrando Berteli Excudebat", fu incisore, editore, calcografo e mercante di stampe con bottega a Vene- zia, ove fu attivo tra il 1561 ed il 1572. Si trovò a collaborare con molti editori di carte geografiche attivi in quel periodo a Venezia e lo si trova spesso associato con Camocio, con Forlani e con Zenoi, dal quale ultimo acquisì parecchi rami.” (Valerio-Spagnolo "Sicilia 1477-1861", p. 153).
Bibliografia:
L. Dufour - A. La Gumina, "Imago Siciliae", p. 239; Valerio-Spagnolo "Sicilia 1477-1861", pp. 153-154, n. 33; Bifolco-Ronca, Cartografia e Topografia Italiana del XVI secolo, Catalogo ragionato delle opera a stampa (2018), pp. 2094-95, tav. 1058; Almagià (1927): n. 99; Almagià (1948): p. 23; Ganado (1982): n. 46; Parke-Bernet (1969): n. 53; Ruge (1904-16): IV, n. 82 e n. 91.16; Shirley (2004): I, n. 102; Sotheby’s (2005): n. 84; Tavernari (2014): n. 59; Wieder (1915): p. 29, n. 56; Almagià (1929): p. 23, E; Bifolco-Ronca (2014): n. 139; Cartografia Rara (1986): n. 125; Dufour-La Gumina (1998): pp. 98, 293; Enrile (1908): p. 46; Karrow (1993): n. 30/2.5; Lago (1994): p. 285, fig. 47; Lago (2002): p. 499, fig. 496; La Gumina (2015): n. 51; Tooley (1939): n. 521; Woodward (1990): n. 60.
Paolo FORLANI (Attivo a Venezia seconda metà del XVI secolo)
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Paolo Forlani, a native of Verona, opened his own chalcographic workshop in Venice, Al segno del pozzo, in 1560, as reflected in some of his works. From 1566 he was active in Merzaria al segno della colonna and from 1569 in Merzaria al segno della nave. Forlani had business relationships with the major publishers of cartographic material of the time, among them Antonio Lafreri, the Bertelli family, and others. In addition to being a talented engraver, he was also quick to execute, a quality that enabled him to work for different publishers at the same time, and to execute a large amount of work. Woodward attributes about one hundred works to Forlani, most of which, however, are unsigned. Between 1560 and 1567, Forlani collaborated with Ferrando Bertelli, for whom he engraved about ten copperplates, with Camocio, Bolognino Zaltieri, and with Claudio Duchetti, for whom he engraved some maps. For his professional activity, however, the collaboration with Giacomo Gastaldi, for whom he engraved thirteen maps, was very important and valuable. In 1567 Forlani published and traded his work Il primo libro delle città et fortezze principali del mondo, whose branches later passed to Bolognino Zaltieri. It is likely that Forlani died during the plague that spread through Venice from 1575.
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Paolo FORLANI (Attivo a Venezia seconda metà del XVI secolo)
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Paolo Forlani, a native of Verona, opened his own chalcographic workshop in Venice, Al segno del pozzo, in 1560, as reflected in some of his works. From 1566 he was active in Merzaria al segno della colonna and from 1569 in Merzaria al segno della nave. Forlani had business relationships with the major publishers of cartographic material of the time, among them Antonio Lafreri, the Bertelli family, and others. In addition to being a talented engraver, he was also quick to execute, a quality that enabled him to work for different publishers at the same time, and to execute a large amount of work. Woodward attributes about one hundred works to Forlani, most of which, however, are unsigned. Between 1560 and 1567, Forlani collaborated with Ferrando Bertelli, for whom he engraved about ten copperplates, with Camocio, Bolognino Zaltieri, and with Claudio Duchetti, for whom he engraved some maps. For his professional activity, however, the collaboration with Giacomo Gastaldi, for whom he engraved thirteen maps, was very important and valuable. In 1567 Forlani published and traded his work Il primo libro delle città et fortezze principali del mondo, whose branches later passed to Bolognino Zaltieri. It is likely that Forlani died during the plague that spread through Venice from 1575.
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