J.v. Velde fecit.
CJVisscher excudit. [Amsterdam, n.d., c.1645.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card, several tears, some loss of printed detail made up with ink mss.
A bird's-eye view of the Palace of Coudenberg, seat of the Dukes of Burgundy, with a ten-point key of buildings. In the foreground is a jousting tournament. A copy of the view published by Cornelis de Jode c.1600.
BM 1840,0314.169, used in Nicolaes Janzoon Visscher's 'Belgium sive Germaniae Inferioris...'.
[Ref: 38166] £360.00
CJVisscher excudit. [Amsterdam, n.d., c.1645.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card, several tears, some loss of printed detail made up with ink mss.
A bird's-eye view of the Palace of Coudenberg, seat of the Dukes of Burgundy, with a ten-point key of buildings. In the foreground is a jousting tournament. A copy of the view published by Cornelis de Jode c.1600.
BM 1840,0314.169, used in Nicolaes Janzoon Visscher's 'Belgium sive Germaniae Inferioris...'.
[Ref: 38166] £360.00