El Escorial from the Sierra - Original Van der Aa Engraving - 1707
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Original 1707 copper engraving with the rear view of the Monastery of El Escorial silhouetted against the Guadarrama range, with carriages and riders in the foreground. French lettering below: Veüe du derriere de l'Escurial d'un autre côté.
Original 1707 copper engraving with the rear view of the Monastery of El Escorial silhouetted against the Guadarrama range, with carriages and riders in the foreground. French lettering below: Veüe du derriere de l'Escurial d'un autre côté.
From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal by Pieter van der Aa, published in Leiden, Holland, in 1707, the most extensively illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Artist / engraver: Pieter van der Aa.
Date: 1707.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1707 (p. 262).
Dimensions: Image 4.9 x 6.3 in (12.4 x 16 cm); sheet 6.1 x 6.6 in (15.5 x 16.8 cm).
Condition: Good. Slight age tone and light creasing in the paper.
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Original 1707 copper engraving with the rear view of the Monastery of El Escorial silhouetted against the Guadarrama range, with carriages and riders in the foreground. French lettering below: Veüe du derriere de l'Escurial d'un autre côté.