Tibet, Nepal and Northern Hindustan

Ignazio Dantiaround 1574

Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy

The scroll reads: "This painting completes the previous one, showing the rest of the river Indo, and also the part of India inside the Gange, today called Indostan." Photo: Rabatti & Domingie

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Title: Tibet, Nepal and Northern Hindustan
Creator Lifespan: 1536 - 1586
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Alatri
Creator Birth Place: Perugia
Date Created: around 1574
cartographer: Egnazio Danti
Theme: map
Physical Dimensions: w34 x h115 cm (Complete)
Original title: Tibet, Nepal e parte settentrionale dell'Hindustan
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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Ignazio Danti Oil paint Wood