| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | [Anonymous] |
| Published | [Amsterdam. c.1669] |
| Dimensions | Image 242 x 342, Plate 250 x 350, Sheet 323 x 376 mm |
| Notes |
An early and dramatic vista depicting a group of painters studying a fiercely erupting Sakurajima volcano. They are tiny in this vast landscape, standing with their guides and interpreter in the foreground. Molten lava pours down the hills and into the lake they stand at the other side of. Notable points are numbered, with descriptions in French and German. This engraving, likely to have been carried out by van Meurs or Olfert Dapper, is one of the earliest printed depiction's of volcanic activity outside of Europe. A plate from a French printing of Montanus' encyclopaedic narrative on all things Japanese' 'Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maatschappy in 't Vereenigde Nederland, aan de kaisaren van Japan'. printed in Amsterdam by Jacob van Meurs. The composite volcano of Sakurajima, a former island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan, is still active today. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Osumi Peninsula. Condition: Central vertical fold, as issued. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £300.00 |
| Stock ID | 45150 |