Print Description
This print shows an architectural section of the basilica, cloister and royal residences of the Escorial, Spain. Designed by architect Juan de Herrera for King Philip II. At the bottom is a graphic scale and at the top is the Latin/Spanish inscription that describes the building. 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: 84 x 57.5 cm (33.07 x 22.64 inch). Image size: 68 x 40.5 cm. (26.77 x 15.94 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Folds as published. Creases. One tear resored in margin, Diagonal fold in upper right corner. Brown spots. Smudges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SPAIN-SAN LORENZO-EL ESCORIAL-PALACE-MONASTRY-KING PHILIP II-ARCHITECTURAL SECTION | 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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