Live auction - Lot 889
Iconic bird's-eye view of Antwerp
[Belgium - Antwerp]
Antvverpiae civitatis Belgicae toto orbe cogniti et celebrati emporii simulacrum.
Rome, G. Orlandi, 1602
Hammer price: €
900
€ 1.200 / 1.500
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Lot description
Etching, 32,7 x 43 cm.
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
First published by Hieronymus Cock in 1557. This copy of the innovative and remarkable topographical accurate map bears the addresses of Claudio Duchetti, successor to Antonio Lafreri, and Giovanni Orlandi, who purchased and published the plates in 1602.
Ref. Martens, P. - Hieronymus Cock's View of Antwerp (1557) [...]. in Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art 39 (2017): 171-196. - Hieronymus Cock, de renaissance in prent, pp. 65-66, 72-73. - Tooley (2003) I:393, III:356. - Cp. Hollstein IV:176.4., Delen 294 (pl. 12), Lafreri Kowk 80.
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