Italian Harbor of Ancona Painting (Copy of 16thc Vatican Map)

Painting

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Italian Harbor of Ancona Painting (Copy of 16thc Vatican Map)

Entry/Object ID

HM-827.1

Tags

Needs Restoration

Description

Italian Harbor of Ancona Painting (Early copy of 16thc painting in Vatican Museum Hall of Maps - Italian port of Ancona) Italian Harbor scene with boats, breakwater, ocean horizon (left), town, distant hills (center & right) oil on canvas, 55 X 56 in Inscription on lower left: ANCON/ CIVITAS/ DORICA/ CVM PORTV/ TRAIANI. Small inscription on horizon at left of church on a hill: VRBANUS VIII/ PONT. MAX./ DOMVM/ AD EXPVRGANDVM/ MERCES ET ADVENAS/ MORBI SVSPICIONE/ CONSTRVXIT. Small inscription to the right of fortified building on a hill: VRBANVS VIII/ PONT. MAX./ PROPVGNACVLVM/ AD TVTELAM/ ARCISET PORTVS/ TRAIANI. 1928-07-26 letter (see attached) written by the artist Giulio Cesare GIULIANI (Viterbo 1882 – Rome 1954), refers to the map of the port of Ancona and attests that the three maps were executed by his father-in-law, Eugenio Cisterna (Genzano 1862 – 1933), a painter and decorator active throughout Europe, around 1928. (Vatican Museum)

Collection

Painting

Acquisition

Accession

827

Made/Created

Place

Location

North Italian

Notes

Date: c. 19th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

HM827 Italian Harbor Painting in Library, 19thc info

Note Type

Vatican Gallery of Maps - Wikipedia

Note Type

Gallery of the Maps Introduction » VoiceMap

Note Type

Vatican Museum Gallery of Geographic Maps info

Note Type

2024-10-14 email from Vatican - info on Vatican Map copies

Note Type

2025-09-23 from Vatican Museum (map date and artist info)

Note Type

1928-07-26 GC Giuliani (Ancona, paintings)