El Escorial, Section with the High Altar - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original 1715 engraving lettered at the foot "Veüe interieure de l'Escurial avec son grand Autel et les Cellules du Couvent". A section of the monastery showing the basilica and the cells, with a graphic scale of measurements; a copper engraving from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the most fully illustrated work on Spain published at the beginning of the 18th century.
Original 1715 engraving lettered at the foot "Veüe interieure de l'Escurial avec son grand Autel et les Cellules du Couvent". A section of the monastery showing the basilica and the cells, with a graphic scale of measurements; a copper engraving from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the most fully illustrated work on Spain published at the beginning of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733).
Date: 1715.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published at Leiden by Pieter van der Aa.
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.8 x 6.9 in (12.3 x 17.4 cm); sheet 6.1 x 7.0 in (15.5 x 17.9 cm).
Condition: Acceptable. Toned paper with small tears and losses in the left margin and at the upper right corner, outside the image, which is intact.
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Original 1715 engraving lettered at the foot "Veüe interieure de l'Escurial avec son grand Autel et les Cellules du Couvent". A section of the monastery showing the basilica and the cells, with a graphic scale of measurements; a copper engraving from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the most fully illustrated work on Spain published at the beginning of the 18th century.