Seville, Punishment of Cuckolds - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original copper engraving with the genre scene "Punitions des cocus volontaires, comme cela se pratique particulierement a Seville", one of the most curious of the Spanish customs subjects in the work.
Original copper engraving with the genre scene "Punitions des cocus volontaires, comme cela se pratique particulierement a Seville", one of the most curious of the Spanish customs subjects in the work.
It comes from Les delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa at Leiden in 1715 and attributed to Juan Alvarez de Colmenar, a pseudonym believed to have been used by the publisher himself. It is the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Publisher / engraver: Pieter van der Aa (Juan Alvarez de Colmenar).
Date: 1715.
Source: Les delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.0 x 6.3 in (12.6 x 16 cm); sheet 6.1 x 7.1 in (15.5 x 18.1 cm).
Condition: According to the record, good condition.
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Original copper engraving with the genre scene "Punitions des cocus volontaires, comme cela se pratique particulierement a Seville", one of the most curious of the Spanish customs subjects in the work.