Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 38 x 30 cm (14.96 x 11.81 inch). Image size: 34 x 25 cm. (13.39 x 9.84 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Original fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GRAVE-SIEGE-BRABANT-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-01
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print originates from an early unnumbered edition of ‘Discrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi.’, by L. Guicciardini, published by Plantijn. This work was published in various editions from 1581-1648.
Biography artist: Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589): an Italian merchant from aristocratic descent. He was born in Florence, a son of Jacopo Guicciardini. His uncle was the famous author Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540) who wrote ‘La historia di Italia’. The Guicciardini family established a presence in Antwerp.
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