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Oenipontis a parte orientali, et vicinorum locorum prospectus. Colónia, c. 1598. - [INNSBRUCK / AMBRAS]. Oenipontis a parte orientali, et vicinorum locorum prospectus. Georg BRAUN; Frans HOGENBERG (eds.), after a drawing by Georgius HOEFNAGEL, ex archetypo Alexandri Colyns . [Cologne, Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, c. 1598]. Engraving; 425 × 535 mm (sheet). Panoramic view of the city of Innsbruck (“Oenipons”) and the Inn valley taken from the east: in the foreground, a hill with pastures where oxen and goats graze under the watch of a peasant; at centre, a small rural building with bell tower and, further back, the river Inn meandering along the valley, with boats. At left, on a wooded spur, stands Ambras Castle (“ Castrum Ambras a… serenissimo Archiduce Ferdinando… instauratum ”), associated with the House of Habsburg; at right, the city of Innsbruck extends at the foot of steep mountains, with church towers and walls clearly visible. The sky is densely clouded and cardinal points are engraved at the margins. A small cartouche at lower left mentions the model by Alexander Colin and Hoefnagel’s intervention. Verso printed in Latin under the heading OENIPONTIS A PARTE ORIENTALI, ET VICINORUM LOCORUM PROSPECTUS , with historical and geographical description, paged “58”, forming part of volume V of the Civitates orbis terrarum . The view, based on a drawing by Georg Hoefnagel after an “archetypo” of the sculptor and architect Alexander Colin, is considered the first printed representation of Innsbruck seen from the east and one of the most famous 16th-century panoramas of Tyrol, showing both the princely residence of Ambras and the county capital.