• Vintage map of Pavia with detailed layout and surrounding area.
  • Vintage map of a city with detailed buildings and streets
  • Vintage map of a city with detailed buildings and streets
  • Vintage map detail with 'TICINUM' text on a beige background
  • Vintage illustration of a landscape with water, land, and a boat.
  • Text on a green background with black lettering
  • Vintage illustration of a landscape with water, boats, and greenery
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Ancient map of Pavia, 1688

SKU:  195475

Ancient map of Pavia, 1688

€67,83 EUR
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Ticinum Pavia is a distinguished topographical engraving depicting the historic city of Pavia, known in antiquity by its Latin name Ticinum. Published in 1688 as part of the enduring editions of the celebrated topographical works of Matthäus Merian, the engraving offers a detailed and visually compelling representation of one of northern Italy’s most historically significant cities.

The composition presents Pavia from an elevated panoramic perspective, allowing viewers to appreciate the city's urban form, defensive structures, churches, public buildings, and surrounding countryside. Situated along the banks of the Ticino River, shortly before its confluence with the Po River, Pavia occupied a strategic position that contributed greatly to its political, military, and commercial importance throughout history.

Merian carefully depicts the city’s fortifications, gates, towers, and bridges, emphasizing its role as a significant regional center within the Duchy of Milan. The skyline is dominated by churches, monasteries, and civic buildings that reflect Pavia’s long-standing religious and cultural prominence. During the Middle Ages, the city served as a capital of the Lombard Kingdom and later became one of the most important intellectual centers in Italy.

Particular attention is given to landmarks associated with the prestigious University of Pavia, one of the oldest universities in Europe, founded in 1361. The city’s academic tradition attracted scholars from across the continent and contributed to its reputation as a center of learning and innovation.

The surrounding landscape is rendered with equal care, featuring cultivated fields, roads, waterways, and rural settlements that illustrate the agricultural wealth of the Lombardy region. These elements provide valuable context for understanding the relationship between the city and its environment.

Like many of Merian’s celebrated engravings, Ticinum Pavia successfully combines cartographic accuracy with artistic elegance. Fine engraving, balanced composition, and meticulous architectural detail transform the city view into both a historical document and a work of art. Today, it remains an important visual record of seventeenth-century Pavia and a testament to Merian’s enduring contribution to European topographical illustration.

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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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