Belgrano, Giovanni Maria
Giovanni Maria Belgrano (fl. 1680 - 1688) was an Italian engraver active in the second half of the 17th century. Although evidently an accomplished artist, his name is attached to only a few works: a beautiful 1688 plan of Heraklion on Crete, and a magnificent 1680 map of the Piedmont authored by Giovanni Tommaso Borgonio (1620 - 1683).
Extremely Rare Candia Siege View.
Dissegno di Candia Attaccata dal Turco SAotto il Comando del Primo Visir, et Diffesa dall' Eccmo. Sigr. Marchese Villa, dal principio dl Attacco li 24 Maggio, 1667. Sino li 21 Aprile 1668.
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This is an extremely rare 1668 plan of the port of Heraklion / Candia, Crete, illustrating the Venetian-controlled city during the final years of its 21-year-long Ottoman Siege. It is one of the only known works of the engraver Giovanni Maria Belgrano (fl. 1668-1680), who produced the work to accompany the rare first edition of Giovanni Battista Rostagno's (fl. 1668) travelogue based on his experience while he was a member of General Ghiron Francesco Villa's reconnaissance of Dalmatia and the Levant during the Cretan War. The present work was engraved in late 1668: the travelogue it appeared in was printed in Turin that same year. It is thus near contemporaneous the events depicted. (more details)