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| Production People Master with the Bird's Wing (Print made by)  Master with the Bird's Wing Pirro Ligorio (After) Ligorio, Pirro b Naples, c. 1513; d Ferrara, 26 Oct 1583 Michele Tramezzino (Published by) Tramezzino, Michele fl 1526-61 Title / Description Map of Rome, from the Speculum Romanae Magnificentae Date 1552 Technique engraving, etching Material paper Dimensions 396 x 544 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark) Inscriptions Signed with birds wings lower right and with monogram 'GLA' lower left, inscribed upper right: 'VRBIS ROMAE SITVS CVM IIS QVAE/ADHVC CONSPICIVNTVR/VETER MONVMENT RELIQVIIS/PYRRHO LIGORIO NEAP INVENT/ROMAE MDLII' and below: 'Cum priuilegio Sumi pont et Senat Venet/Michaelis Tramezini Formis' Watermark visible Provenance Nikolaus Esterházy (not stamped) References Tooley 1939, no. 484 Ronald V. Tooley, 'Maps in Italian Atlases of Sixteenth Century: A Comparative List of the Italian Maps Issued by Lafreri, Forlani, Duchetti, Bertelli and Others, Found in Atlases,' Imago Mundi 3 (1939), pp. 12-47 Comment Connected with Paulus Merula's map of Rome in the University of Chicago Library. Inventory Number 7118 Classification Prints: Italian: 16th century: Mounted II |
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