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Auction 111, Lot 325

"S. Salvador", Anon.

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1635 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
14.2 x 7.5 inches
36.1 x 19.1 cm
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Copper engraved view of the Dutch fleet in the Baya de Todos los Sanctos attacking the town of San Salvador and the Portuguese merchant fleet in 1624. The scene is copied from a view by Nicolas Visscher with a scroll map of the bay added in the foreground.

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Condition: A

Couple of minor creases and some worming in blank margins.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $210

Closed on 6/8/2005

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