Description
Description: Untitled antique print with a view of a ruin near Jerusalem. It is believed that this ruin was a church, commissioned by Empress Helena. This print originates from ‘Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c., mitsgaders de voornaamste steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina : verrijkt met meer als 200 kopere konstplaaten, vertoonende de beroemdste landschappen, steden, &c. alles door den autheur selfs na het leven afgetekend’ by C. de Bruyn.
Artists and Engravers: Published by H. van Krooneveld, Delft. C. de Bruyn was a Dutch artist. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals.
- Date: 1698
- Overall size: 20 x 32.5 cm.
- Image size: 17 x 9.5 cm.
- Condition: Good, age-related toning. Text on verso. Please study image carefully.
