Rare Antique Print-WIC-RETURN FLEET-JOHAN MAURITS-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 38.5 cm. The image size is ca. 51 x 38.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 20.1 x 15.2 inch. The image size is ca. 20.1 x 15.2 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Classis Quae in Patriam Comitem Revexit. ‘. (‘Return of the fleet of John Maurice in 1644′). Showing the returning ships of the Dutch fleet of John Maurice under command of Willem Cornelisz. Loos. 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 with contemporary paper. A small tear in the lower left margin (backed with contemp. paper), a little paper loss in top left margin and lower left corner, restored with contemp. paper. A small hole in right margin, restored using contemporary paper backed with acid free archival tape. Right edge of the image smudged. Margins cropped to the image edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: RARE ANTIQUE PRINT-WIC-RETURN FLEET-JOHAN MAURITS-BRASIL-POST-SAVERY

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