Original line engraving with two sections of the Pantheon of the Kings at El Escorial, seen from both sides, with the decorated dome, the burial niches and the altar with its crucifix. Below the sections, a scale graduated in feet. The title is engraved below in French.
Original line engraving with two sections of the Pantheon of the Kings at El Escorial, seen from both sides, with the decorated dome, the burial niches and the altar with its crucifix. Below the sections, a scale graduated in feet. The title is engraved below in French.
From "Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal" by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden, the most complete illustrated work on the monastery published at the beginning of the 18th century.
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, toned paper and some damp stains; the image is complete within its border.