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| Keywords: 1800 Bardi Map of Genoa (Genova), Italy - Geographicus - Genoa-bardi-1800.jpg An beautifully engraved and extremely obscure 1800 map of Genoa or Genova Italy Covers the walled center of Genoa and parts of the surrounding countryside as far as Voltri in the west and Calzo in the east Detailed to the level of individual buildings with a number of churches monasteries convents and private villas noted The engraver Bardi is best known for his intense landscapes and engravings of classical sculpture where he is a master of rendering three dimensional concepts on a two dimensional plane Bardi's translation of this skill into the cartographic medium is exhibited here in his superb freehand rendering of topographical detail Bardi's work is extremely scarce and we have no evidence his work ever appearing on the market - though a few maps including this one do appear in a couple of major institutional collections Please take the time to admire the masterful topographical engraving as it is among the finest and most artistically sophisticated we have seen 1800 dated Size in 20 15 object history credit line accession number Genoa-bardi-1800 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 1800 maps Old maps of Genoa Maps in Italian Siege of Genoa 1800 | ||||
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