Original antique engraving with a view of one of the smaller cloisters of the Monastery of El Escorial, of two stories of arcading, with the central fountain and friars and visitors in the courtyard. Lettered below "L'un des Cloîtres de l'Escurial, ou il y en a Six autres Semblables".
Original antique engraving with a view of one of the smaller cloisters of the Monastery of El Escorial, of two stories of arcading, with the central fountain and friars and visitors in the courtyard. Lettered below "L'un des Cloîtres de l'Escurial, ou il y en a Six autres Semblables".
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 browned in the margins, with fold marks and small stains outside the image.