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BG-09188
Antique Map of Scandinavia by Visscher (c.1680)
- Condition: Very good, some creasing of the paper. Please study image carefully.
- Date: c.1680
- Overall size: 64 x 53 cm.
- Image size: 54 x 44.7 cm.
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Description: Antique map Scandinavia titled 'Exactissima Totius Scandinaviae Tabula, qua tam Sueciae, Daniae, et Norvegiae Regna'. Beautiful map of Scandinavia including Finland, Eastern Russia and the Baltics. Large, decorated title cartouche.
Artists and Engravers: The Visscher family were art and map dealers in Amsterdam during the 17th century. Funded by C. J. Visscher (1587-1652), the business was continued by his son and grandson both named Nicolaes. Nicolaes Visscher I was born 1618 in Wenns, Austria. He died 1679 in Linz. Nicolaes Visscher II (Amsterdam; 1649-1702). After the death of Nicolas II, his widow passed the business to Pieter Schenk.