Rare & Old Panoramic Views of Stanchio, Greece and the Island of Rhodes, 1698
€ 420
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1698
Technique
Engraved
Sheet size
32.5 × 40.8 cm (12.8 × 16.1 in)
Reference
PCT-62967
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Very good, given age. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and occasional minor defects from handling. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Antique print titled Stanchio Rhodus.
Original antique print showing panoramic views of Stanchio, Greece and the Island of Rhodes, both with ships.
First edition in French, first published in Dutch in 1698 (Reizen door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia) In 1702 an English edition appeared as well.
Artists and Engravers: Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals.
Best known as a landscape artist, Le Bruyn traveled widely from a young age to Vienna, on to Rome then to Smyrna, Constantinople, Egypt, Jerusalem, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. Everywhere he went Le Bruyn depicted the scenes around him, he was especially interested in places of antiquity or historic interest, and his are the first images of the interior of a pyramid and Jerusalem to be widely available to Westerners. After an eight year stay in Venice, Le Bruyn returned to The Hague in 1693 to publish this first book. From 1701 he started a second journey into Russia, Persia.
