Original antique engraving with the elevation of the Monastery of El Escorial and the King's apartments on the south side, showing the basilica, the towers and a graphic scale of the building below. Engraved title: "Veüe du Monastere de l'Escurial et des Apartemens du Roi, du côté du Midi".
Original antique engraving with the elevation of the Monastery of El Escorial and the King's apartments on the south side, showing the basilica, the towers and a graphic scale of the building below. Engraved title: "Veüe du Monastere de l'Escurial et des Apartemens du Roi, du côté du Midi".
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 somewhat toned, with a small stain in the upper margin and light wrinkles at the edges.