Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4471787
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
BRUXELLA fntium epia coeli amoemtate et aedificiorum, splendore nobiliss
Artist
Year
1616
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
22,9 x 31,2
Printing office
Details

City map of Brussels with elevations of houses and buildings from a bird's eye view. Title bottom right in beautiful cartouche with caryatids on both sides. Empty cartouche on the left. Both top left and top right a coat of arms in simple scroll cartouche. Left the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, right the coat of arms of the city of Brussels. Published in Amsterdam by Cornille Nicolas, MDCIX (1609), in the famous description of the Netherlands by Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589): 'Description de Tous les Pays-Bas, autrement appelez la Germanie Inferieure, ou Basse Allemange; by Messire Loys Guicciardin Gentil Homme Florintin, (...) '.

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