The Alhambra of Granada from Behind - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the rear view of the palace of the Moorish kings of Granada, the Alhambra, on its walled hill and with the sierra behind. Below, the title in French: "Palais des Rois Mores de Grenade, vu par derriere".
Original copper engraving of 1715 with the rear view of the palace of the Moorish kings of Granada, the Alhambra, on its walled hill and with the sierra behind. Below, the title in French: "Palais des Rois Mores de Grenade, vu par derriere".
It comes from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Pieter van der Aa, published in Leiden (Holland) in 1715, which the publisher signed with the pseudonym A. de Colmenar. It is the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early eighteenth century.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa
Date: 1715
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal (Leiden, 1715), print no. 105
Dimensions: Plate mark 7.3 x 6.1 in (18.5 x 15.5 cm)
Condition: Good; central vertical fold proper to the binding and light toning of the paper at the edges
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the rear view of the palace of the Moorish kings of Granada, the Alhambra, on its walled hill and with the sierra behind. Below, the title in French: "Palais des Rois Mores de Grenade, vu par derriere".