San Pablo Hermitage, Buen Retiro, Madrid - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original copper engraving by Pieter van der Aa with the view of the hermitage of San Pablo, beside the Buen Retiro in Madrid, with the great circular fountain at the center and the arbor galleries that closed the enclosure. An 18th-century print in black and white.
Original copper engraving by Pieter van der Aa with the view of the hermitage of San Pablo, beside the Buen Retiro in Madrid, with the great circular fountain at the center and the arbor galleries that closed the enclosure. An 18th-century print in black and white.
From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published at Leiden by Pieter van der Aa in 1715. The hermitages of the Buen Retiro, built in the time of Philip IV, disappeared after the Peninsular War: prints such as this preserve their original appearance.
Medium: Copper engraving.
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 (Leiden, Pieter van der Aa).
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.9 x 6.1 in (12.4 x 15.5 cm); sheet 6.1 x 6.9 in (15.5 x 17.4 cm).
Condition: Fair. Paper evenly toned with age, with a slight crease at the upper left corner of the margin, outside the image.
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Original copper engraving by Pieter van der Aa with the view of the hermitage of San Pablo, beside the Buen Retiro in Madrid, with the great circular fountain at the center and the arbor galleries that closed the enclosure. An 18th-century print in black and white.