Duchetti’s plan of Florence

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DUCHETTI, Claudio
[Rome],
Claudij duchetti formis,
[c1580].
Engraved map, with key below.
312 by 437mm. (12.25 by 17.25 inches) (printed image).
14498

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A bird's-eye view of Florence taken from the north-west, showing the city encircled by the medieval walls with the river Arno flowing through and the hills in the background.

The view draws upon the work of the Florentine Francesco Rosselli, who had produced a famous map of the city, 'the Chain Map' of Florence, in the second half of the fifteenth century. The work owes its name to the padlocked chain framing the view; the city is shown with a slightly altered ur...

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Bifolco 1099, 1.