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Brasil and the Amazon river

Ignazio Danti1565/1575

Palazzo Vecchio Museum

Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy

The painting shows Brasil with the Amazon River. In the Amazon area there are three drawings showing anthropophagous people. Photo: Rabatti&Domingie

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  • Title: Brasil and the Amazon river
  • Creator Lifespan: 1536 - 1586
  • Creator Nationality: Italian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Alatri
  • Creator Birth Place: Perugia
  • Date Created: 1565/1575
  • cartographer: Egnazio Danti
  • Theme: map
  • Physical Dimensions: w34 x h115 cm (Complete)
  • Original title: Brasile e Rio delle Amazzoni
  • Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
  • Type: oil painting on wood
  • Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
Palazzo Vecchio Museum

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