colorful-17th-century-map-of-umbria
Lot 6149
Colorful 17th-Century Map of Umbria
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Willem Blaeu. UMBRIA OVERO DUCATO DI SPOLETO. Amsterdam: Gioanni et Cornelio Blaeu, mid 1600s. From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus. Copperplate engraving, hand colored, presenting the region of Umbria in central Italy, with three decorative cartouches, including one with dedication to Francesco Cardinale Barberino; matted and presented under glass in wooden frame.

Frame size 22 5/16 x 27 1/16; image size 15 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Vertical and horizontal folds with some additional creasing, overall light toning, mild foxing, faint writing at left margin, one 4 1/2-in repaired tear; not examined out of frame.