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The Anatolian peninsula with modern place names
Ignazio Dantiaround 1565
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads: "This first painting of Asia was divided into many provinces by the ancients , all united today under the name of Turkey or Natolia that means eastern country. This province has a very temperate climate and it is the most fertile land in the world. Since this painting must be soon redone with better proportions I will not add anything else." Photo: Rabatti & Domingie
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- Title: The Anatolian peninsula with modern place names
- Creator Lifespan: 1536 - 1586
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Alatri
- Creator Birth Place: Perugia
- Date Created: around 1565
- cartographer: Egnazio Danti
- Theme: map
- Physical Dimensions: w92 x h115 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Penisola anatolica con i toponimi moderni
- 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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