• Vintage map of Padua with detailed street layout and inset illustrations
  • Vintage map detail of a city layout with buildings and streets
  • Vintage map detail of a city layout with buildings and streets
  • Vintage map with text labels of locations on a white background
  • Vintage black and white architectural drawing of a fortification
  • Vintage illustration of a river scene with boats and text on a plain background
  • Vintage map or diagram with text 'il Ronito' and geometric shapes on a beige background
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Ancient map of Padua, Padova, 1640

SKU:  195473

Ancient map of Padua, Padova, 1640

€60,69 EUR
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Padua (Padova) is a superb seventeenth-century panoramic city view created by the renowned Swiss-German engraver and publisher Matthäus Merian. Published in 1640, the engraving depicts the historic city of Padua, one of the most important cultural, intellectual, and religious centers of northern Italy. As part of Merian’s celebrated topographical publications, the work combines cartographic precision with artistic elegance, offering a remarkable visual record of the city during the early modern period.

The composition presents Padua from an elevated panoramic perspective, allowing viewers to appreciate the city’s extensive network of streets, waterways, fortifications, churches, monasteries, and public buildings. The urban landscape is enclosed by impressive Renaissance walls, reflecting Padua’s strategic significance within the territories of the Republic of Venice, which governed the city from the early fifteenth century until the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797.

Particular attention is given to the city’s architectural landmarks. Dominating the skyline is the magnificent Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Europe. Merian also depicts the dense concentration of churches, palaces, and civic buildings that reflected Padua’s status as a center of religion, commerce, and education. The city was home to the prestigious University of Padua, founded in 1222 and among the oldest universities in the world, attracting scholars from across Europe.

Beyond the city walls, cultivated fields, roads, and rural settlements illustrate the agricultural wealth of the surrounding Venetian plain. These landscape elements provide valuable context for understanding the economic foundations that supported urban life.

Like many of Merian’s finest engravings, Padua (Padova) balances documentary accuracy with visual beauty. Fine engraving, detailed architectural rendering, and a carefully organized composition transform the cityscape into both a historical document and a work of art. Today, it remains an important visual testament to Padua’s architectural heritage, intellectual legacy, and prominent role in seventeenth-century Italy.

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Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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