Generalife of Granada - Original Engraving by Pieter van der Aa - 1715
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Original copper engraving with the Generalife of Granada and its park seen from the ravine: the palace at the top of the hill among trees, the terraced gardens with strollers below and the crags of the sierra closing the distance. Below: "Perspective de la maison Royale de Xeneralife, et de son parc, hors de Grenade".
Original copper engraving with the Generalife of Granada and its park seen from the ravine: the palace at the top of the hill among trees, the terraced gardens with strollers below and the crags of the sierra closing the distance. Below: "Perspective de la maison Royale de Xeneralife, et de son parc, hors de Grenade".
It comes from Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa in 1715, the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early eighteenth century, whose text was ascribed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, a pseudonym of the publisher himself.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Source: Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715, p. 110
Date: 1715
Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.1 in (17.5 x 15.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; toned laid paper, with irregular margins and some rubbing at the edges; the image clean and firmly inked
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Original copper engraving with the Generalife of Granada and its park seen from the ravine: the palace at the top of the hill among trees, the terraced gardens with strollers below and the crags of the sierra closing the distance. Below: "Perspective de la maison Royale de Xeneralife, et de son parc, hors de Grenade".