Antique Print - WOMAN-NATIVE-MOLUCCAS-MISTICE-COSTUME-PALM TREE-VALENTIJN-VOC - 1724

Antique Print – WOMAN-NATIVE-MOLUCCAS-MISTICE-COSTUME-PALM TREE-VALENTIJN-VOC – 1724

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Een Mistice Vrouw. – This rare original antique print depicts a woman from the Maluku Islands or Moluccas, Indonesia, nowadays we would explain ‘mistice’ as a desendant of an immigrant and a native.

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Description

Een Mistice Vrouw.

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20,5 x 31,2 cm. (8,1 x 12,3 inch). Image size: 16 x 26,5 cm. (6,3 x 10,4 inch).

From the monumental work by François Valentyn: “Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands mogentheyd in die gewesten”. Dordrecht/Amsterdam: J. van Braam en G. onder de Linden, 1724/1726. (Transl.: Old and new East-Indies, including an accurate and extensive description of Dutch / VOC controlled territories.)

Made by an anonymous engraver after Francois Valentijn / VOC sources.

Condition: Good, given age. A few small spots, mainly in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: WOMAN-NATIVE-MOLUCCAS-MISTICE-COSTUME-PALM TREE

PCO-A8-02

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Dimensions 20 × 20 × 1 cm

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