Live auction - Lot 873
[Italy]
3 views on 2 sheets: "Tiburtum vulgo Tivoli." and "Orvieto. Lauretum.".
[Cologne]
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
Engr., 33/34,5 x 45,8/48,9 cm, hand-coloured.
Hinged at upper edges. Under passe-partout.
1. [G. von Kempen, 1588]. Large view of Tivoli at the falls of the Aniene river, depicted in the inset view. The travellers in the foreground are Abraham Ortelius and Joris Hoefnagel during their travels throughout Italy. - 2. [J. Sinniger, 1583]. Views on the Umbrian city of Orvieto and the hill town of Loreto in the Marche. (Light traces of central fold, marg. damp stains not affecting pl.). From the 1583 French (2) and 1588 Latin (1) "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" (text on verso, leaves 51 & 52).
Ref. Van der Krogt [Tivoli:41] & [Orvieto;Loreto:41.1].