Map from the Jansonius atlas, 1647
color-engraved copperplate print; 47 x 29.5 cm;
A typically Baroque, richly detailed cartographic composition. It features two globes, the Magi with books, a Black woman with a lion and a chameleon, an Arab woman in a turban, and the European goddess Fortuna.
Condition: the image surface is dusty, but it is a striking piece.
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color-engraved copperplate print; 47 x 29.5 cm;
A typically Baroque, richly detailed cartographic composition. It features two globes, the Magi with books, a Black woman with a lion and a chameleon, an Arab woman in a turban, and the European goddess Fortuna.
Condition: the image surface is dusty, but it is a striking piece.
Reserve
Time, Location
Auction House
