“Terra Sancta sive Palaestina exhibens non solum Regna Vetera Iuda et Israel in Suas XII Tribus Distincta …”

Decorative map of the Holy Land after Matthäus Seutter, with a large elaborate rococo-style allegorical cartouche. The Holy Land is divided into the Old Kingdoms of Judea and Israel and the regions of the Twelve Tribes. On the left: Maria Theresa dressed as a High Priest is holding the Tablets of Law; on right: Joshua dressed as a “Landsknecht” or German mercenary soldier, holding a flag with the names of the Twelve Tribes. Lotter (1717-77), perhaps the most prolific and influential cartographic publisher in Germany, previously worked for the prominent Augsburg map publisher Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757), married his daughter and became the primary heir of Seutter’s prosperous business.