Antique Print-SUGAR-SEA BATTLE-TODOS-SANTOS-PIET-HEIN-Commelin-1652

Description

Depicts Dutch ships capturing and burning Portuguese sugar-carrying vessels, with a small inset map of the larger area.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Commelin.

Medium: Etching/Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Yes.

Sheet size: 28.6 x 37.9 cm (11.26 x 14.92 inch). Image size: 28.6 x 37.9 cm. (11.26 x 14.92 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. Origianl middle fold as issued. Paper edges chipped. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PIET HEIN, DUTCH NAVY, PORTUGUESE SHIPS, SUGAR, BAHIA DE TODOS OS SANTOS, NAVAL BATTLE, WIC, 1627 | PCO-EXPO-425

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Used as an illustration in: I. Commelin, Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw Prince van Orangien : zyn leven en bedryf, Jodocus Janssonius, Amsterdam 1651, fol. 23.

Reference: FMH 1561.