Rare Antique Print-PELAGOS-ARCADIA-GREECE-SHIP-SAILING-Vorsterman-Peeters-1685

Price: € 199,50

Subject: Plate: 'Pelaguse nel Arcipelago'. Pelagos. A shipping scene off the coast of Pelagos in the Tripoli, Arcadia region of Greece.

Condition: Very good, given age. Margins cropped. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Original etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 27.5 x 12.5 cm. The image size is ca. 27 x 11.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.8 x 4.9 inch. The image size is ca. 10.6 x 4.5 inch.

Part Number: 40711

Location: C241-21

Description: This print originates from a rare edition of: 'Korte beschryvinghe, ende aenwysinghe der plaetsen in desen boeck ...' (or other ed. French ed. titled: 'Briefve Description, et Demonstration Des Places Et Villes Continuees En Ce Livre.'), by Gaspar Bouttats, published by Jacques Peeters in Antwerp, ca 1685. This is a collection of a varying amount of prints relating to the Great Turkish war (1667-1683), published in various languages. Rare.

Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Lucas Vorsterman II after Jan Peeters I. Lucas Vorsterman II / the younger (1624-c.1670) was a Flemish engraver, son of Lucas Vorsterman I. Gaspar Bouttats (Flemish, 1625-1695). Publisher: Jacob Peeters (1637-1695). Ioan / Jan Peeters I (1624-1677) was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialised in seascapes and shipwrecks known as Zeekens (small seascapes). Brother of Jacob