Title
[Castel Apicorno and Drapano].
Publication details
[about 1630]
Physical details
1 drawing : watercolour and bodycolour ; sheet 26.2 x 37.5 cm
Description
View of the fortress Castel Apicorno (or Bicorna) on Kastelli Hill overlooking Kalyves Bay, with Cape Drapano and Mount Callapoda in the background; key to drawing below.
Place
Crete (Greece)
Additional information
From a Venetian collection of Italian and Netherlandish manuscript plans of forts and military engagements bound in two volumes and produced for Marco and Domenico Molino (or Molin). The second volume includes some figure studies and portraits; a number of architectural drawings can also be found in both volumes. Formerly in the collection of Hans Sloane, who offered them to queen Caroline of Ansbach as a gift in 1735.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.78.31.a.(vol.i.4.)