Abraham Ortelius - Map of Andalusia
Features
Artist: Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)
Artwork title: Mappa dell'Andalusia
Age: 16th Century / 1501 - 1600
Subject: Maps
Artistic technique: Printing
Technical specification: Etching (Cable Engraving)
Description : Mappa dell'Andalusia
Hand watercolored etching. It is taken from the Latin edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, including maps of all areas of the world; with a brilliant intuition, Ortelius brought together in a single corpus the heterogeneous cartographic production of the period, forming the basis for an enormously successful publishing enterprise, published several times starting from 1570. The map shows the name of the territory described below, with that of the author. The print is in good condition; the fold of the book is visible. Presented in the frame.
Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.
Frame Size (cm):
Height: 54
Width: 66
Depth: 1,5
Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 37
Width: 47
Additional Information
Artist: Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)
Abraham Ortelius was born in Antwerp on April 14, 1527 into a family originally from Augsburg. Orphaned of his father at the age of ten, after a few years of humanistic and particularly historical studies, he found work in a cartographic laboratory, where he was initiated into geographical studies. From about 1550 he made frequent trips, also to Italy where he established friendships and correspondence, and especially to Paris and Frankfurt, whose fair was important both for research and for the sale of papers, and where in 1554 he met the famous Gerardo Mercatore, following whose example Ortelius began to devote himself to the elaboration of geographical maps. Since 1558 he had entered into a relationship with Christophe Plantin, the famous publisher of Antwerp, with whom he became a close friend.n
Age: 16th Century / 1501 - 1600
16th Century / 1501 - 1600
Subject: Maps
Artistic technique: Printing
La stampa è un processo per la produzione di testi e immagini, tipicamente mediante l'impiego dell'inchiostro su carta e di una pressa da stampa. Spesso viene svolto come processo industriale su larga scala ed è una parte essenziale dell'editoria.
Technical specification: Etching (Cable Engraving)
Etching (in Latin as aqua fortis) was once used to describe the nitric acid, also called stain. Today it refers to a type of printing and the way to produce it. The etching technique was known since ancient times and was used for engraving decorations on weapons. Some of the first to use it for fine art prints have been Albrecht Dürer in Germany and Parmigianino in Italy.