Bilder Lodovico Guicciardini (1521–1589) – Map of the County of Hainaut and Part of Brabant, Low Countries – Copperplate engraving (c. 1570)

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This copperplate engraving is a detailed early geographical map of the County of Hainaut (HANNONIA) and the adjacent Duchy of Brabant, regions that today lie across the borders of Belgium and France. The map details the historical geography of the Low Countries, showing the political boundaries, numerous fortified towns, rivers, and stylized representations of forests. The map includes an ornate cartouche for the title and a cartouche containing the scale and a compass rose. The map originates from the first major descriptive survey of the Netherlands.

Lodovico Guicciardini was an Italian merchant, historian, and humanist who lived and worked in Antwerp. He is renowned for his historical and geographical treatise, Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi, first published in 1567. This monumental work contained numerous accurate and highly influential maps and city plans of the region, which served as sources for subsequent major cartographic publications, including the celebrated Civitates Orbis Terrarum.

Artist or Maker: Lodovico Guicciardini

Dimensions: Approximately 36 cm x 31 cm

Medium: Copperplate engraving

Date: c. 1570

Condition Report:
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