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Orbis Descriptio
Orbis Descriptio

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Orbis Descriptio
Author (100-170)
Artist (1504?-1566?)
InscriptionsOrbis Descriptio (From: "La Geografia de Claudio Tolomeo...Nuovamente tradotto di Greco in Italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli...In Venetia...Vincenzo Valgrisi MDLXI"
Date 1561
Medium / Technique Ink on paper
Intaglio, hand-coloured
DimensionsHeight: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) Width: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Origin Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Object Number1979.545
CollectionStewart
Status
Not on view

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