Antique prision of Madrid, Spain in 1715 - Van der Aa
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Antique prision of Madrid.
Title: Vue de la prision des Grands Seigneurs à Madrit.
Published by: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659 – Leiden, 1733) in 1715 for 'Delices de Espagne et Portugal', published in Leiden (Netherlands).
Provenance: Delices de Espagne et Portugal, published in Leiden (Netherlands) 1715.
Image size: 16x12,5 cms.
Sheet size: 18,7x15,6 cms
Pieter van der Aa was a Dutch bookseller, publisher and geographer. Editor of the work entitled Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, on Spanish and Portuguese life and customs, as well as descriptions of monuments and artistic works, published in Dutch "Beschryving van Spanjen en Portugal", and in the city of Leiden in 1707. That same year the French edition of that work appeared, which would be published again, also in French, in 1715 and in 1741; but in all the French versions, Juan Álvarez de Colmenar appears as the author, perhaps the pseudonym of the true author, perhaps of French origin. This work is illustrated with "figures in carved carving drawn in the same places by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar".
It was built in 1636 with a design by Juan Gómez de Mora, author of the definitive design of the Plaza Mayor. Originally it was not a palace but a Court Prison, on the ground floor of which the prisoners and notaries were located. Its upper floor was occupied by the Mayors and the courts, and the dungeons were installed in the basements. The angel that presides over the façade gave rise to the expression "sleeping under the angel" to refer to the imprisoned.
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Antique prision of Madrid.
Title: Vue de la prision des Grands Seigneurs à Madrit.
Published by: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659 – Leiden, 1733) in 1715 for 'Delices de Espagne et Portugal', published in Leiden (Netherlands).
Provenance: Delices de Espagne et Portugal, published in Leiden (Netherlands) 1715.
Image size: 16x12,5 cms.
Sheet size: 18,7x15,6 cms
Pieter van der Aa was a Dutch bookseller, publisher and geographer. Editor of the work entitled Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, on Spanish and Portuguese life and customs, as well as descriptions of monuments and artistic works, published in Dutch "Beschryving van Spanjen en Portugal", and in the city of Leiden in 1707. That same year the French edition of that work appeared, which would be published again, also in French, in 1715 and in 1741; but in all the French versions, Juan Álvarez de Colmenar appears as the author, perhaps the pseudonym of the true author, perhaps of French origin. This work is illustrated with "figures in carved carving drawn in the same places by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar".
It was built in 1636 with a design by Juan Gómez de Mora, author of the definitive design of the Plaza Mayor. Originally it was not a palace but a Court Prison, on the ground floor of which the prisoners and notaries were located. Its upper floor was occupied by the Mayors and the courts, and the dungeons were installed in the basements. The angel that presides over the façade gave rise to the expression "sleeping under the angel" to refer to the imprisoned.