Lot 2 - AFTER JACOPO DE BARBARI MAP VIEW OF VENICE PRINT

After Jacopo de Barbari, Italian, ca. 1460 to 1516, woodcut print on paper. Birds-eye view of the city of Venice from the southwest. The mural-size print was unprecedented in scale when it was originally published in the year 1500. Every building, canal, and open square is documented in the image. The View of Venice also features the maritime activities that made the city an international center of trade. Mercury, the god of commerce, presides over the city, while watchful Neptune, god of the seas, rides his dolphin through the harbor. Framed. Jacopo de Barbar was an Italian painter, printmaker and miniaturist. He moved from Venice to Germany in 1500, thus becoming the first Italian Renaissance artist of stature to work in Northern Europe. His few surviving paintings include the first known example of trompe l œil since antiquity. Collectible Art Prints, Wall Decor, Landscape Cityscape Maps.