Lodovico Guicciardini

Frontispiece to Description of the Low Countries, 1567
Map of the center of The Hague from Guicciardini's book

Lodovico Guicciardini (19 August 1521 – 22 March 1589) was an Italian writer and merchant from Florence who lived primarily in Antwerp. He was the nephew of historian and diplomat Francesco Guicciardini.

Description of the Low Countries

His best-known work, the Descrittione di Lodovico Guicciardini patritio fiorentino di tutti i Paesi Bassi altrimenti detti Germania inferiore (1567, Description of the Low Countries), was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps by various leading engravers.

Death

Guicciardini died in Antwerp in 1589; he was buried there in the Cathedral of Our Lady.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lodovico Guicciardini.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.