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Karelia and Northern Russia
Stefano Bonsignori1582
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads: "The Scythians believed in the story of a woman who was born from the earth, being half in the shape of a woman and half made of vipers. After making love to Jupiter, she gave birth to a boy named Scita. The Scythians are believed to be the first human beings. From them derived Janus, Diri and the ancestors who led colonies to Italy and to other parts of Europe." Photo: Rabatti&Domingie
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- Title: Karelia and Northern Russia
- Creator Lifespan: 1589
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Firenze
- Creator Birth Place: Firenze
- Date Created: 1582
- cartographer: Stefano Bonsignori
- Theme: map
- Physical Dimensions: w115 x h115 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Carelia e Russia settentrionale
- 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
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