Original copper engraving with the view of the Buen Retiro in Madrid at the entrance to the royal seat, titled below "Vue du Buen Retiro en entrant".
Original copper engraving with the view of the Buen Retiro in Madrid at the entrance to the royal seat, titled below "Vue du Buen Retiro en entrant".
From Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa, the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear at the beginning of the 18th century, which devotes several images to the gardens and hermitages of the Habsburg Retiro.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Date: 1715
Source: Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.3 x 4.9 in (16 x 12.5 cm); sheet 7.4 x 6.1 in (18.7 x 15.6 cm)
Condition: Per the old record, no faults noted.