, CHINA-JESUITS-ALLEGORY-MAP-PUTTI-SCIENCE-EMPEROR [After KIRCHER, 1667], Pictura Antique Prints

CHINA-JESUITS-ALLEGORY-MAP-PUTTI-SCIENCE-EMPEROR [After KIRCHER, 1667]

Print

€285.00

Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu (…) – This very scarce original antique print (frontispiece of this work) depicts an allegory showing a Chinese Emperor and a Jesuit father helped by a putto holding up a map of China. In the bottom right corner various scientific instruments of the 17th century. Above Jesuits and more putti.

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Description

Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu (…)

Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24,5 x 37,5 cm. Image size: 22,5 x 34,5 cm.

From: ‘Toonneel van China (…)’, by Athanasius Kircherus (Kircher) ed. published in Amsterdam 1667.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Athanasius Kircher.

Condition: Good, given age. Edges with a few tiny tears, not affecting image. Small printer’s crease right edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: CHINA-JESUITS-ALLEGORY-MAP-PUTTI-SCIENCE-EMPEROR

PCOM-A9-09

Additional information

Dimensions 24 × 24 × 1 cm

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