Name: Antique Map-ROTTERDAM-Rotteveel-Van Deventer-1891
SKU: PICTURA-06632
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Antique Map-ROTTERDAM-Rotteveel-Van Deventer-1891

€75.00

‘ROTTERDAM’

– Map of Rotterdam and its surroundings, created by Jacob Roelofs van Deventer (ca. 1500-1575) between 1558-1563. Includes an inset map displaying only fortifications, key buildings (with names), and a schematic representation of the streets.

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SKU: PICTURA-06632 Category: Netherlands Tag: Maps

Description

Medium: Colour lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 75 x 50 cm (29.53 x 19.69 inch). Image size: 66 x 43 cm. (25.98 x 16.93 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Clean print with minor signs of age, slight creasing along folds. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 16TH-CENTURY MAP, JACOB VAN DEVENTER, HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY, URBAN PLANNING, FORTIFIED CITIES, ANTIQUE MAP | MAPS-NETHERLANDS-OVERSIZE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Original map created by Jacob van Deventer (1558-1563), copied by M.N. Rotteveel (1891), held in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid.

Reference: A. Gordijn & P. Ratsma, Catalogus kaartenverzameling (1984), nr. 12; A. van der Schoor, Stad in aanwas (1999); Kaarten en kaartmakers van Rotterdam (1984 exhibition catalog).

Biography artist: Jacob Roelofs van Deventer (c. 1500-1575) was a Dutch cartographer, commissioned by Philip II of Spain to create detailed city maps of the Low Countries. His maps are among the earliest systematic urban surveys.