Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Unclear lettering with VD.
Sheet size: 32.5 x 26.8 cm (12.8 x 10.55 inch). Image size: 26.8 x 22.2 cm. (10.55 x 8.74 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Clean and strong impression. Minimal toning, trimmed margins. Remains of tape on rear from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NETHERLANDS, WASSENAAR, CASTLE, PERSYN, PERSIJN, SLOT, BRIDGE, CARRIAGE, STORK, 17TH-CENTURY | EXPO-DUTCH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Originally issued as part of the border decoration of the figurative map of The Hague (1681-1682), later published in La Galerie Agreable du Monde, Pieter van der Aa, Leiden, 1728.
Reference: Hollstein Dutch 1-14; Wurzbach 1-11; KAN 18:26.
Provenance: Ex. Collection Laurentius.
Biography engraver: Cornelis Elandts (active 1663-c.1681) was a Dutch etcher, mapmaker, and land surveyor based in The Hague. He is known for his contribution to the 1681-1682 figurative wall map of The Hague and other finely detailed topographical works.
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