Click here to view image
Titolo dell'opera:
Globe
Acquisizione:
Palazzo Bianco 1929 Genova - Provenienza
Ambito culturale:
ambito italiano
Autore:
Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria
Object Type:
globe
Epoca:
Inventario:
3295
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 150; Diametro: 106
Tecnica:
legno-gesso-cartapesta
Ultimi prestiti:
ex museid
Descrizione:
Coronelli made his first globes in 1678 for the Duke of Parma, Ranuccio II the Farnese. These were two large globes 1.75 meters in diameter of exquisite workmanship, representing the Earth and the celestial vault.
His reputation as a master in the production of globes quickly spread throughout Europe, and in 1681 Cardinal d'Estrées - French ambassador of Louis XIV (the Sun King) to Rome - called him to Paris to build two large globes intended to adorn the Library of the Palace of Versailles. To build the two globes (each having a diameter of 382 cm), which still exist today and belong to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Coronelli enlisted the collaboration of various cartographers, geographers and artists and had access to all the latest geographical discoveries, such as explorers' travel diaries that told of Lands not yet fully investigated. He would later build other spheres, such as the 1700 3.25-meter one for Pope Innocent XII, which has been lost, for the emperor, for the British Academy, to the pocket globes built in 1693 and 1697 of 12 and 6 cm in diameter.
