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Auction 99, Lot 297

"Mauritiopolis", Montanus, Arnoldus

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1673 (published)

Publication: Die Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld

Color: Black & White

Size:
21 x 10.3 inches
53.3 x 26.2 cm
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A superb panorama of Mauritsstaad with a lively scene in the foreground of European merchants trading with the native people. Saints and putti hold aloft the title banner. On two joined sheets, as issued.

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Condition: A

Expert repair on fold.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $425

Closed on 6/12/2002

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