Engraving After Georg Braun And Frans Hogenberg - Pierre Mortier - Pisaurum Vulgo Pezaro -

Hand-watercolored copper engraving representing the city of Pesaro in Italy based on an original work dating from the beginning of the 17th century by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg - Our engraving is a reprint from the beginning of the 18th century published by Pierre Mortier - Ensemble in very good condition with its large margins - The paper wrinkles at the margins because the framing is a little tight - Reflections in the glass for the photos - A view of the Italian city of Pesaro, capital of the province of Urbino in the Marches, taken from Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. The city is shown from the west, nestled between the Foglia River and the hill of San Bartolo. The city walls of Rovere are fully highlighted, although the only element of the city to have received this label is the spire of the church of San Domenico. To the left of the scene, the Adriatic, also called the Venetian Gulf, is bathed in sunlight as boats approach the river's mouth. A strap-shaped cartouche surrounds the title in the lower left corner, near a pair of women in noble attire. The town of Pesaro was founded by the Romans, as Pisaurum, in 184 BC, although it is likely that an early Etruscan Picentine town originally occupied the site. Its position on Via Flaminia gives it strategic importance, both commercially and politically. In the 5th century, it fell under the control of the Ostragoths, then in the 6th century under the control of the Byzantines. After possession by the Lombards and the Franks, it became an integral part of the Papal States. Between 1572 and 1617, Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590) published six volumes of their Civitates Orbis Terrarum, containing over 500 perspectives, views and maps of mainly European cities, intended as a companion to the atlas by Ortelius. Orbis Terrarum Theater. Braun was the series editor, with Hogenberg as principal engraver. They relied mainly on existing cartography, but also on drawings made by the Antwerp artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1600), who had traveled most of Western Europe. After the death of Joris Hoefnagel, his son Jakob continued the work for the Civitates.