Le Grand Étang du Buen Retiro, Madrid - Van der Aa Original Engraving - 1715
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The Lake in El Buen Retiro park.
Title: Le grand Etang du Buen Retiro.
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".
Original engraving of the Great Pond of the Buen Retiro in Madrid, titled in the plate "Le Grand Étang du BUEN-RETIRO". Galleys and sailing ships ply the water among the spired pavilions around the pond, with groves and the sierra beyond, while many strollers enliven the promenade in the foreground. It is a very early image of the Retiro pond, setting of the court's mock naval battles and festivities.
From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden (Holland) in 1715, the most richly illustrated work on Spain published in the early 18th century. The plate keeps its plate number at the lower right corner.
Medium: Copperplate engraving (intaglio).
Artist / after: For Juan Álvarez de Colmenar's work.
Engraver: Workshop of Pieter van der Aa.
Date: 1715.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, Pieter van der Aa.
Dimensions: Image 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: Vertical folds from the binding, as issued; laid paper toned, with some damp staining in the sky; offset from another plate on the back and red-stained edges.
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The Lake in El Buen Retiro park.
Title: Le grand Etang du Buen Retiro.
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".