Antique Print-GRAVE-VIEW-FORTIFICATION-BRABANT-NETHERLANDS-Guicciardini-1616

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.3 x 14.4 cm (7.99 x 5.67 inch). Image size: 16 x 12 cm. (6.3 x 4.72 inch).

Condition: good, given age. One rusty spot just below image. Remains of japanese paper on top from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GRAVE-VIEW-FORTIFICATION-BRABANT-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This original antique plan originates from ‘Lodovico Guicciardini, Descrittione di tutti i Paesi bassi (.), Arnhem, Jan Jansz, 1616’. This was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps by various leading engravers..

Biography artist: Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589) was an Italian author and geographer who published influential accounts of the Low Countries.