La Fedelissima Citta di Gallipoli
| Reference: | S35102 |
| Author | Natale BONIFACIO |
| Year: | 1591 |
| Zone: | Gallipoli |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 528 x 390 mm |
| Reference: | S35102 |
| Author | Natale BONIFACIO |
| Year: | 1591 |
| Zone: | Gallipoli |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 528 x 390 mm |
Description
Extremely rare perspective map of the city, engraved by Natale Bonifacio for the Flemish publisher Nicolas van Aelst, who published it in Rome in 1591.
Copper engraving, in good condition.
Literature: Benevolo (1969): pp. 62-63, tav. VIII; Fauser (1978): vol. 1, p. 245, n. 4424; Tooley (1983): n. 230c.
Known examples: Chicago, Newberry Library; Londra, British Library; Malta, National Library; Roma, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica (2).
Natale BONIFACIO (Sebenico 1537- ? 1592)
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Engraver, etcher, designer, printer, print publisher and cosmographer, from Sebenico. Active in Venice c. 1570-74,and then in Rome 1575-91.He was proposed for membership of Virtuosi del Pantheon 9 February 1578, where described as “intagliatore in rame”(Orbaan).1579 he was a member of the Confraternity of San Girolamo degli Illirici.The inscription on his tombstone notes his activity as engraver and cosmographer (“aeris caelator divinus ac optimus geographus”).
In Venice his work was published by Camocio, Ferrando Bertelli, Luca Bertelli and Donato Bertelli, Borgaruccio Borgarucci and Nelli.
In Rome his work was published by Lafrery, Claudio Duchetti, Lorenzo Vaccari, and Nicolas van Aelst. His prints included maps, antiquities, devotional and didactic subjects.Plates for Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano 1590.
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Natale BONIFACIO (Sebenico 1537- ? 1592)
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Engraver, etcher, designer, printer, print publisher and cosmographer, from Sebenico. Active in Venice c. 1570-74,and then in Rome 1575-91.He was proposed for membership of Virtuosi del Pantheon 9 February 1578, where described as “intagliatore in rame”(Orbaan).1579 he was a member of the Confraternity of San Girolamo degli Illirici.The inscription on his tombstone notes his activity as engraver and cosmographer (“aeris caelator divinus ac optimus geographus”).
In Venice his work was published by Camocio, Ferrando Bertelli, Luca Bertelli and Donato Bertelli, Borgaruccio Borgarucci and Nelli.
In Rome his work was published by Lafrery, Claudio Duchetti, Lorenzo Vaccari, and Nicolas van Aelst. His prints included maps, antiquities, devotional and didactic subjects.Plates for Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano 1590.
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