Lodovico UGHI

Exhibited by Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd

Material Paper

Dimensions 149.7 × 205.5 cm

Status Vetted

About the Work

One of the largest maps of Venice ever published, and the first map of the city based upon accurate field surveys. Lodovico Ughi’s topographical map is a landmark in the cartographic history of Venice. Successive Venetian mapmakers in general did not significantly alter the appearance of the city: among the exceptions is Ughi’s work. Not only is it one of the largest printed plans of Venice, but it also served for centuries as a model for subsequent maps.

At the sides are 16 views: the Piazza San Marco, the Doge’s Palace, the Basilica di San Marco, the Arsenal, the Rialto Bridge, the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, the church of Santissimo Redentore, and the church of Santa Maria della Salute. The views have been tentatively assigned to the Venetian artist and engraver Francesco Zucchi (1692-1764), made after Luca Carlevarij’s ‘Fabriche e Vedute di Venetia’, published in 1703.

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Literature

Susan Filter, ‘Historic Intent: Lodovico Ughi’s Topographical Map of Venice; A Large Wall Map as an Historic Document, a Work of Art, and a Material Artifact’, ‘The Book and Paper Group Annual’ 13 (1994); Moretto, 152.