Original antique engraving of the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra at Granada, with the fountain at the center, the pavilions and the forest of columns of the gallery, and period figures walking the court. Lettered below "Veüe du Palais des anciens Roys Mores de Grenade, et de la Fontaine des Lions", and "Pag. 498".
Original antique engraving of the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra at Granada, with the fountain at the center, the pavilions and the forest of columns of the gallery, and period figures walking the court. Lettered below "Veüe du Palais des anciens Roys Mores de Grenade, et de la Fontaine des Lions", and "Pag. 498".
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 the central vertical binding crease.