Il Patrimonio di S. Pietro
| Reference: | CO-550 |
| Author | Giovanni Maria CASSINI |
| Year: | 1791 |
| Zone: | Patrimonio di San Pietro |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 1150 x 800 mm |
€2,500.00
| Reference: | CO-550 |
| Author | Giovanni Maria CASSINI |
| Year: | 1791 |
| Zone: | Patrimonio di San Pietro |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 1150 x 800 mm |
€2,500.00
Description
Grande carta murale raffigurante il Patrimonio di San Pietro, toponimo con cui si indicava una delle quattro divisioni amministrative dei territori del Vaticano istituite da Innocenzo III governate da funzionari di nomina papale. Si estendeva dal Monte Argentario alla foce del Fiume Tevere, a nord di Roma.
Incisa da Giovanni Maria Cassini, su quattro lastre, la carta era allegata all’opera di Giuseppe Morozzo della Rocca “Analisi della carta corografica del Patrimonio di S. Pietro, corredata di alcune memorie storiche ed economiche”, edita nel 1791 a Roma, Stamperia Giunchiana.
Negli angoli superiori, due vignette raffiguranti il ritratto del papa regnante, Pio VI, e quello di San Pietro.
Molto dettagliata, la carta si presenta applicata su antica tela, più volte ripiegata, ed è contenuta in astuccio coevo.
Incisione in rame, lieve gora d’acqua, nel complesso in ottimo stato di conservazione.
Molto rara.
Literature
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Istituto di Studi Romani, a cura di A. Frutaz, "Le Carte del Lazio", XLV.a tav. 211
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Giovanni Maria CASSINI (1745 - 1824)
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Giovanni Maria Cassini was a fine Italian engraver, globe maker and painter. He did most of his work in Rome, and was not a member of the French Cassini family (a French Giovanni Maria Cassini was bor 120 years earlier). In 1792 Cassini published in Rome Vol. 1 of his atlas Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale. This contained two celestial hemispheres printed in 1790, which were labeled Planisfero Celeste Settentrionale and Meridionale. Similar to Zatta's hemispheric prints, in the corners were beautiful drawings of famous observatories: Collegio Romano, Bologna, Milan and Padua in the northern plate, and Paris, Cassel, Greenwich and Copenaghen in the southern plate. Vol. 2 of this atlas was published in 1797, Vol. 3 in 1801.
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Literature
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Istituto di Studi Romani, a cura di A. Frutaz, "Le Carte del Lazio", XLV.a tav. 211
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Giovanni Maria CASSINI (1745 - 1824)
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Giovanni Maria Cassini was a fine Italian engraver, globe maker and painter. He did most of his work in Rome, and was not a member of the French Cassini family (a French Giovanni Maria Cassini was bor 120 years earlier). In 1792 Cassini published in Rome Vol. 1 of his atlas Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale. This contained two celestial hemispheres printed in 1790, which were labeled Planisfero Celeste Settentrionale and Meridionale. Similar to Zatta's hemispheric prints, in the corners were beautiful drawings of famous observatories: Collegio Romano, Bologna, Milan and Padua in the northern plate, and Paris, Cassel, Greenwich and Copenaghen in the southern plate. Vol. 2 of this atlas was published in 1797, Vol. 3 in 1801.
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