Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23.5 x 17.2 cm (9.25 x 6.77 inch). Image size: 20.3 x 14.3 cm. (7.99 x 5.63 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Some chipping of the paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NIJMEGEN-VIEW-SHIPS-WAAL-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-38
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This view originates from ‘Lodovico Guicciardini, Descrittione di tutti i Paesi bassi (.), Arnhem, Jan Jansz or Utrecht, Van Herwijck, 1617.’ This was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps by various leading engravers.
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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