Veue de la Piazza della sacrosanta Basilica Lateranense madre e capo di tutte le chiese di Roma

Reference: s4077
Author Pierre MORTIER
Year: 1724 ca.
Zone: San Giovanni in Laterano
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 680 x 445 mm
€775.00

Reference: s4077
Author Pierre MORTIER
Year: 1724 ca.
Zone: San Giovanni in Laterano
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 680 x 445 mm
€775.00

Description

Esemplare tratto dal terzo volume del "Nouveau Theatre de l'Italie" pubblicato per la prima volta ad Amsterdam nel 1704/5, quale integrazione al progetto di Johannes Blaeu, iniziato nel 1663, del grande "libro delle città" d'Italia.

Il grande successo dell’opera diede origine ad un’ulteriore ristampa, praticamente identica, curata da Rutgert Christoffel Alberts edita nel 1724/5. In questa edizione compaiono per la prima volta le vedute dei luoghi "moderni" di Roma, edite da Mortier ma inserite solo in questa edizione di Alberts.

Le vedute, di grande formato sono molto ricche di particolari e particolarmente popolate di figure. Derivano da modelli presenti nell'editoria romana contemporanea. In particolare sono delle semplici derivazioni di opere edite tra la fine del XVII e il primo decennio del '700 da rtisti quali Alessandro Specchi, Tiburzio Vergelli, Matteo Gregorio de Rossi e dal fiammingo Wouters.

Incisione in rame, in buono stato di conservazione.

Literature

Cremonini pp. 83-90

Pierre MORTIER (1661 - 1711)

Pierre Mortier (January 26, 1661 - February 18, 1711) or Pieter Mortier was a cartographer, engraver, and print seller active in Amsterdam during the later 17th and early 18th centuries. Mortier, then known as Pieter, was born in Leiden. He relocated to Paris from 1681 to 1685, adopting the French name Pierre, which he retained throughout his career. While in France, he developed deep French connections by bringing sophisticated Dutch printing technology and experience to nascent French map publishers such as Guillaume De L'Isle (1675 - 1726), Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (c. 1632 - 1712), and Nicholas de Fer (1646 - 1720). Consequently, much of Mortier's business was built upon issuing embellished high quality editions of contemporary French maps - generally with the permissions of their original authors. In the greater context of global cartography, this was a significant advantage as most Dutch map publishes had, at this point, fallen into the miasma of reprinting their own outdated works. By contrast, the cartographers of France were producing the most accurate and up to date charts anywhere. Mortier's cartographic work culminated in the magnificent nautical atlas, Le Neptune Francois. He was awarded the Privilege, an early form of copyright, in 1690. Upon Pierre's death in 1711 this business was inherited by his widow. In 1721, his son Cornelius Mortier took over the day to day operation of the firm. Cornelius partnered with his brother-in-law Jean Covens to form one of history's great cartographic partnerships - Covens and Mortier - which continued to publish maps and atlases until about 1866.

Literature

Cremonini pp. 83-90

Pierre MORTIER (1661 - 1711)

Pierre Mortier (January 26, 1661 - February 18, 1711) or Pieter Mortier was a cartographer, engraver, and print seller active in Amsterdam during the later 17th and early 18th centuries. Mortier, then known as Pieter, was born in Leiden. He relocated to Paris from 1681 to 1685, adopting the French name Pierre, which he retained throughout his career. While in France, he developed deep French connections by bringing sophisticated Dutch printing technology and experience to nascent French map publishers such as Guillaume De L'Isle (1675 - 1726), Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (c. 1632 - 1712), and Nicholas de Fer (1646 - 1720). Consequently, much of Mortier's business was built upon issuing embellished high quality editions of contemporary French maps - generally with the permissions of their original authors. In the greater context of global cartography, this was a significant advantage as most Dutch map publishes had, at this point, fallen into the miasma of reprinting their own outdated works. By contrast, the cartographers of France were producing the most accurate and up to date charts anywhere. Mortier's cartographic work culminated in the magnificent nautical atlas, Le Neptune Francois. He was awarded the Privilege, an early form of copyright, in 1690. Upon Pierre's death in 1711 this business was inherited by his widow. In 1721, his son Cornelius Mortier took over the day to day operation of the firm. Cornelius partnered with his brother-in-law Jean Covens to form one of history's great cartographic partnerships - Covens and Mortier - which continued to publish maps and atlases until about 1866.