Panorama of Palermo created by the renowned German engraver and mapmaker Gabriel Bodenehr around 1720. It features a highly detailed panoramic view of the Sicilian capital from a distance, highlighting the bay and multiple ships in the foreground with a decorative title-cartouche.
It was issued in Augsburg as part of his famous Curioser Staats- und Kriegs-Theatrum (and later the Atlas Curieux).
Gabriel Bodenehr the Elder (1664–1758, alternatively cited as 1673–1765) was a prominent German copperplate engraver, cartographer, and publisher based in the historic printing hub of Augsburg. He is celebrated for his meticulously detailed 18th-century small-format city views, maps, and illustrations of European military fortifications.
He belonged to an illustrious, multi-generational family of engravers and art dealers.
His small, highly structured plates are known for capturing European urban geography and military architecture—particularly relevant during the War of the Spanish Succession. His most famous atlases include
the Atlas Curieux, the Curioser Staats- und Kriegs-Theatrum (1715), (a collection focused on active military theatres, city fortifications, and regional strongholds across Europe),
and his Europens Pracht und Macht (circa 1720): A highly detailed portfolio showcasing European castles, palaces, and panoramic bird's-eye cityscapes.
