Old Alcazar of Madrid - Original Pieter van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original 18th-century engraving with the front of the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, the palace of the Habsburgs that burned in 1734 and was replaced by the present Royal Palace. In the foreground, carriages, riders and people on the esplanade. Below, «Le Palais Royal de Madrit en de hors».
Original 18th-century engraving with the front of the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, the palace of the Habsburgs that burned in 1734 and was replaced by the present Royal Palace. In the foreground, carriages, riders and people on the esplanade. Below, «Le Palais Royal de Madrit en de hors».
It comes from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden, the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear at the beginning of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: 1715.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Pieter van der Aa, Leiden.
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.9 x 6.1 in (12.4 x 15.5 cm); sheet 6.1 x 7.0 in (15.5 x 17.8 cm).
Condition: Fair. Light creases and folds visible in the area of the sky and in the lower margin; paper somewhat browned at the edges.
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Original 18th-century engraving with the front of the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, the palace of the Habsburgs that burned in 1734 and was replaced by the present Royal Palace. In the foreground, carriages, riders and people on the esplanade. Below, «Le Palais Royal de Madrit en de hors».