Print Description
This print shows a view on a church with an elephant in front, Catavelli, Ceylon, Sri Lanka. One engraving out of a series of 4.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Philippus Baldaeus.
Medium: engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 17.5 x 14.5 cm (6.89 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 16 x 12.7 cm. (6.3 x 5 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. On the right paperloss by insects, backed by tape. Green spots on the right. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
CEYLON-SRI LANKA-CATAVELLI-CHURCH-ELEPHANT-DOG-ANIMALS-PEOPLE | RBOS-A11-28
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in 1672.
Biography artist: Philips Baelde or Philippus Baldaeus (1632-1671), was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna during the Dutch period in Ceylon with an invading Dutch force. As the second European after Abraham Rogerius, in his illustrated Description of the East Indian Countries of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, etc. he documented the life, language and culture of the Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It was initially published in Dutch and German, .
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