Catalog Archive
Auction 128, Lot 472

"[Povo [with] Villa d Olinda d Pernambuco]", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication: Theatri Europaei

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 11 inches
35.6 x 27.9 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

An attractive copper engraving showing the Dutch fleet, under the command of Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncq, capturing the region in 1630 from the Portuguese. At top is a view of Povo and Olinda as seen from the sea. At bottom is a large bird's-eye view of the region, filled with ships.

References:

Condition: A

Nice impression with some minor creases, else fine.

Estimate: $450 - $600

Sold for: $750

Closed on 5/20/2009

Archived