Madrid, Plaza de la Cebada and Fountain - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original 1715 engraving of the Plaza de la Cebada in Madrid and its fountain, a small temple with coats of arms surmounted by a figure. A horse-drawn carriage, water carriers, pack animals and passers-by fill the square; behind rise the domes and belfries of Habsburg Madrid. Lettered below: "La Place et la Fontaine de la Sebada dans Madrit".
Original 1715 engraving of the Plaza de la Cebada in Madrid and its fountain, a small temple with coats of arms surmounted by a figure. A horse-drawn carriage, water carriers, pack animals and passers-by fill the square; behind rise the domes and belfries of Habsburg Madrid. Lettered below: "La Place et la Fontaine de la Sebada dans Madrit".
From "Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal", published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa and signed with the pseudonym Juan Álvarez de Colmenar; it is the most profusely illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early 18th century. Numbered 31.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa
Date: 1715
Source: "Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal", Leiden
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.2 x 4.9 in (15.8 x 12.5 cm); sheet 7.5 x 6.2 in (19 x 15.7 cm)
Condition: Original binding folds, a slight pink tone at the edges of the sheet and a small paper loss at the upper left corner of the margin, outside the plate mark.
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Original 1715 engraving of the Plaza de la Cebada in Madrid and its fountain, a small temple with coats of arms surmounted by a figure. A horse-drawn carriage, water carriers, pack animals and passers-by fill the square; behind rise the domes and belfries of Habsburg Madrid. Lettered below: "La Place et la Fontaine de la Sebada dans Madrit".