Original antique engraving with a view of one of the small ponds of the Buen Retiro in Madrid, with the octagonal pavilion at the center of the water and strollers beneath the trees. Lettered below "Vue d'un petit étang du Buen-Retiro".
Original antique engraving with a view of one of the small ponds of the Buen Retiro in Madrid, with the octagonal pavilion at the center of the water and strollers beneath the trees. Lettered below "Vue d'un petit étang du Buen-Retiro".
From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published at Leiden by Pieter van der Aa in 1715.
Medium: Copper engraving (etching and burin).
Engraver / lithographer: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733), engraver and publisher.
Date: 1715.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden (Holland), 1715.
Dimensions: Image 6.3 x 5.1 in (16 x 13 cm); sheet 6.7 x 6.2 in (17 x 15.7 cm).
Condition: Good. Paper lightly toned, with somewhat browned margins and a light vertical crease.