Ancient Tombs Found at Seville - Engraving by Pieter van der Aa - 1715
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Original copper engraving "Tombeaux anciens trouvez dans les Fauxbourgs de Seville": three Roman tombs with their inscriptions and a basin with vessels, framed by the engraved border that imitates a torn canvas over a latticed ground, a device characteristic of Van der Aa's prints.
Original copper engraving "Tombeaux anciens trouvez dans les Fauxbourgs de Seville": three Roman tombs with their inscriptions and a basin with vessels, framed by the engraved border that imitates a torn canvas over a latticed ground, a device characteristic of Van der Aa's prints.
From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published at Leiden by Pieter van der Aa in 1715, the most extensive illustrated work on Spain to appear at the beginning of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver / lithographer: Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), Leiden, engraver and publisher.
Date: 1715.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715; no. 79.
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.3 x 5.1 in (16 x 13 cm); sheet 6.7 x 6.2 in (17 x 15.7 cm).
Condition: Good. Laid paper with light toning and somewhat irregular edges.
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Original copper engraving "Tombeaux anciens trouvez dans les Fauxbourgs de Seville": three Roman tombs with their inscriptions and a basin with vessels, framed by the engraved border that imitates a torn canvas over a latticed ground, a device characteristic of Van der Aa's prints.