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This is a drawing of a map of Venice. The map shows the layout of the city with canals, streets, and buildings. It has a dedication to the city's rule at the top, a compass rose, and decorative border elements. The central map is surrounded by vignettes of various views or iconic buildings in Venice. A cartouche with allegorical figures is at the top right, and detailed explanations are at the bottom. The drawing is monochromatic, suggesting it is an etching or engraving, possibly from the 17th or 18th century.
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Iconografica Rappresentatione della Inclita Città di Venezia (Iconongraphic Representation of the Illustrious City of Venice)

Sebastiano Ricci (Venetian, 1659 - 1734)

Lodovico Ughi (Italian, active c. 1729)

Giovanni Antonio Faldoni (Italian, c. 1690 - c. 1770)

Francesco Zucchi (Italian, 1692 - 1764)

mostly after artist after Luca Carlevariis (Venetian, 1663 - 1729)

publisher Giuseppe Baroni (Italian)

1729

Medium
etching and engraving on twenty joined sheets of laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet: 148.5 x 264.2 cm (58 7/16 x 104 in.) (measured through frame)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
The Ahmanson Foundation
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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