Dunkirk, View of the Harbor and Fleet - Guicciardini Engraving - 1612
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Original 1612 engraving with the view of Dunkirk (Duijnkerken), then in the Spanish Netherlands, and a dozen Dutch and Zeeland ships anchored off the harbor. Above, a cartouche with explanatory text in Latin and Dutch, and in the city skyline the castle, the main church and the windmills are lettered.
Original 1612 engraving with the view of Dunkirk (Duijnkerken), then in the Spanish Netherlands, and a dozen Dutch and Zeeland ships anchored off the harbor. Above, a cartouche with explanatory text in Latin and Dutch, and in the city skyline the castle, the main church and the windmills are lettered.
From the Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi by Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589), the celebrated description of the Low Countries published in Antwerp in 1567 and reissued for more than a century with city plans and views.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist: Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589)
Date: 1612
Source: Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi; numbered 72
Dimensions: 14.4 x 11.8 in (36.5 x 30 cm)
Condition: Good, with wide margins. Light toning, small wrinkles at the upper edge and old pencil notes in the lower margin
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Original 1612 engraving with the view of Dunkirk (Duijnkerken), then in the Spanish Netherlands, and a dozen Dutch and Zeeland ships anchored off the harbor. Above, a cartouche with explanatory text in Latin and Dutch, and in the city skyline the castle, the main church and the windmills are lettered.