Original line engraving with the Neptune fountain in the gardens of Aranjuez in full play, surrounded by arbors and trellised galleries and animated by strollers. The title is engraved below: "La Fontaine de Neptune, dans le Jardin d'Aranjuez".
Original line engraving with the Neptune fountain in the gardens of Aranjuez in full play, surrounded by arbors and trellised galleries and animated by strollers. The title is engraved below: "La Fontaine de Neptune, dans le Jardin d'Aranjuez".
From "Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal" by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden, the richest pictorial source for the Spanish royal gardens before the rebuilding 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 and toned paper; the image is clean and well printed.