Print Description
This print shows a detailed interior section (ortography and section) of the monumental dome, the high altar (retablo mayor), the cloisters (claustros) and the royal apartments of the El Escorial in Spain. At the bottom of the print is a clear scale in Spanish feet (pies). The Escorial and tabernacle were designed by architect Juan de Herrera in 1579 for King Philip II. 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. Spanish text and explanation of the palace in reverse.
Made by Blaeu after Pedro Perret.
Medium: Engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 67 x 57.5 cm (26.38 x 22.64 inch). Image size: 56.5 x 38 cm. (22.24 x 14.96 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Creases. Diagonal fold in upper right corner. Brown spots. Small folds underneath main fold restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SPAIN-SAN LORENZO-EL ESCORIAL-INTERIOR-DOME-ALTAR-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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