Etna and lava flows
Date
1670
Creator
Francesco Donio (Italian) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 209mm
width (print): 292mm
width (print): 292mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Stylised landscape, showing the eruption of the Etna volcano, on Sicily, Italy, in March-April 1669. The main crater of the stratovolcano is shown erupting, with a large vent running down the mountainside, to a smaller eruptive vent below. A large molten lava flow has engulfed several smaller settlements, which are named in a key. The town of Catania is in the foreground, the city walls diverting lava into the sea.
Plate from the book Historia et meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669, by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1670). Inscribed below: ‘Fran. Donia scul.’
A key to points of interest in the landscape appears as two scrolled cartouches to the left and right of the main image: A-R left, S-Y right. Inscribed below: ‘Fran. Donia scul’.
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679) Italian mathematician and natural philosopher.
Plate from the book Historia et meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669, by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1670). Inscribed below: ‘Fran. Donia scul.’
A key to points of interest in the landscape appears as two scrolled cartouches to the left and right of the main image: A-R left, S-Y right. Inscribed below: ‘Fran. Donia scul’.
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679) Italian mathematician and natural philosopher.
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