Print Description
This print shows a detailed cross-section and front view (elevation) of the monumental entrance to the basilica, including the characteristic dome and towers, flanked by the internal sections of the cloister and the college of the El Escorial in Spain. It is part of a famous series of ten plates (Las Estampas de El Escorial) that were commissioned by King Philip II to display the architectural masterpiece worldwide. The Escorial was designed by architect Juan de Herrera in 1579. Spanish text and explanation of the palace in reverse.
Made by Blaeu after Pedro Perret.
Medium: Engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 35 x 57.5 cm (13.78 x 22.64 inch). Image size: 56.5 x 38 cm. (22.24 x 14.96 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Fold as published. Creases. Diagonal folds in lower corners. Brown spots. Tears restored in margin. Smudges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SPAIN-SAN LORENZO-EL ESCORIAL-DOME-TOWERS-CLOISTER-KING PHILIP II | RBOS-T.45-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by the Dutch cartographer and publisher Joan Blaeu (or Johannes Willemszoon Blaeu) in Atlas Maior, around 1663–1665.
Biography engraver: Jan (Joan) Willemsz. Blaeu (1598/99 – 21 December 1673) was a Dutch printer, lawyer, cartographer and publisher of renowned atlases.
Biography artist: Blaeu based his composition largely on earlier sixteenth-century designs by architect Juan de Herrera and engraver Pedro Perret.
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