Rare Antique Print-WIC-4th NAVAL BATTLE-DUTCH-PORTUGUESE-BRASIL-Post-Savery-1647

Original etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper, with watermark (not visible in every sheet). on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 51 x 34 cm. The image size is ca. 51 x 34 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 20.1 x 13.4 inch. The image size is ca. 20.1 x 13.4 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Quartum Praelium Coniovian Interet Fluvium Rio Grande XVII Ian’. (‘Fourth engagement at the Rio Grande, 1640′). Naval battle between the Dutch and Spanish/Portuguese fleets. Rare. From Caspar Barlaeus’: ‘Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi gestarum sub praefectura illustrissimi comitis I. Mauritii Nassauiae &c. comitis Nunc Vesaliae Gubernatoris & Equitatus Foederatorum Belgii Ordd. Sub vriaco Ductoris Historia.’, published by Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1647. Ref: Sabin 3408, Muller 1822. Very Scarse. Individual prints from this work are rarely offered as the originating work is rare and extremely valuable. Due to the great fire destroying the Blaeu printshop in 1672 both the book supply and copper plates were lost forever.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Salomon Savery after Frans Post. Salomon Savery (1594-1683) was an engraver from the Dutch artist family Savery. He was born in Amsterdam and died in Haarlem. He travelled to England in 1632. Frans Janszoon Post (1612-1680) was a Dutch painter. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas. He travelled to Brasil at the behest of John Maurice, Prince of Nassau.

Condition: Good, given age. Original middle fold (reinforced on the rear with contemporary paper). Two small tears in the right margin (closed with contemporary paper), and one in the left margin (extending into the image, backed with contemporary paper), image creased. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: RARE ANTIQUE PRINT-WIC-4TH NAVAL BATTLE-DUTCH-PORTUGUESE-BRASIL-POST-SAVERY

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