Original antique engraving of the basilica of El Escorial in section, with the dome, the vaults and the monastic quarters laid open, and a graphic scale below. Engraved title: "Vue intérieure de l'Église de l'Escurial".
Original antique engraving of the basilica of El Escorial in section, with the dome, the vaults and the monastic quarters laid open, and a graphic scale below. Engraved title: "Vue intérieure de l'Église de l'Escurial".
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 evenly browned, with light wrinkles in the margins.