Royal Palace of El Pardo, Madrid - van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the Royal Palace of El Pardo, outside Madrid: the building with its four spired towers seen from the open ground, with courtiers, riders and huntsmen with greyhounds in the foreground and the chapel at the right. Below, the engraved title: "Le Palais Royal du Pardo, dans le Voisinage de Madrit".
Original copper engraving of 1715 with the Royal Palace of El Pardo, outside Madrid: the building with its four spired towers seen from the open ground, with courtiers, riders and huntsmen with greyhounds in the foreground and the chapel at the right. Below, the engraved title: "Le Palais Royal du Pardo, dans le Voisinage de Madrit".
It comes from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, attributed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar and published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1715. The engraving shows the palace before the fire of 1604 and before Sabatini's 18th-century alterations, as Juan Bautista de Toledo left it.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Date: 1715
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden
Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.2 in (17.2 x 15.7 cm)
Condition: Good. Laid paper with the central binding fold usual for the format and slight toning; the image clean.
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the Royal Palace of El Pardo, outside Madrid: the building with its four spired towers seen from the open ground, with courtiers, riders and huntsmen with greyhounds in the foreground and the chapel at the right. Below, the engraved title: "Le Palais Royal du Pardo, dans le Voisinage de Madrit".