| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Pieter van den Keere |
| Published | Jan Janszn., Arnhem and Petrus van der Keere, Amsterdam. c.1613 |
| Dimensions | Image 138 x 195, Plate 141 x 197 mm, Sheet 150 x 199 mm |
| Notes |
A view of the Brittenburg near Katwijk in the Netherlands, Hondsbos, Mermaid and Countess From the scarce French edition of Description de touts les Pays-Bas ... by Lodovico Guicciardini. Lodovico Guicciardini (19 August 1521 – 22 March 1589) was an Italian writer and merchant from Florence, but who lived primarily in Antwerp. He was the nephew of historian and diplomat Francesco Guicciardini. His best-known work, the Descrittione di Lodovico Guicciardini patritio fiorentino di tutti i Paesi Bassi altrimenti detti Germania inferiore (1567; The Description of the Low Countries) was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps. Guicciardini died in Antwerp in 1589. He was buried in the Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) in the city. Condition: Trimmed to plate to the left and lower margin, trimmed just inside plate to the right hand margin. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £85.00 |
| Stock ID | 25384 |