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Western Pakistan and Afghanistan
Ignazio Danti1565/1575
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads: "This painting shows the province of Sogdiana, in which there are many pyramids, columns, altars, left by Bacchus, Hercules, Ciro, Semiramide and Alexander the Great to recall their victories... Bactriana, rich in everything except for oil. The inhabitants are excellent fighters and their king was Zoroaster, philosopher and inventor of magic art... and since this painting shows many different provinces with many different names, we will call it from the name of the chief one." Photo: Rabatti & Domingie
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- Title: Western Pakistan and Afghanistan
- 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: w73 x h117 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Pakistan e Afghanistan occidentali
- 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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