Plaza Mayor of Madrid, Bullfight - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original line engraving with the Plaza Mayor of Madrid laid out for a bullfight: the square closed by barriers and stands, with the Casa de la Panadería beyond and the crowd filling the balconies and scaffolds. The title is engraved below: "La Plaça Mayor de Madrit, ou l'on celebre la Fête des Taureaux".
Original line engraving with the Plaza Mayor of Madrid laid out for a bullfight: the square closed by barriers and stands, with the Casa de la Panadería beyond and the crowd filling the balconies and scaffolds. The title is engraved below: "La Plaça Mayor de Madrit, ou l'on celebre la Fête des Taureaux".
From "Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal" by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden. It is one of the most sought-after views in the work, for recording the bullfight in the square before the fire of 1790.
Medium: Copper engraving
Publisher: Pieter van der Aa, Leiden
Date: 1715
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar
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: A leaf from the book with the vertical creases of the original folding and toned paper, darker at the edges; the image is clean and well printed.
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Original line engraving with the Plaza Mayor of Madrid laid out for a bullfight: the square closed by barriers and stands, with the Casa de la Panadería beyond and the crowd filling the balconies and scaffolds. The title is engraved below: "La Plaça Mayor de Madrit, ou l'on celebre la Fête des Taureaux".