Carte des Côte de Malabar et de Coromandel…
| Reference: | S39541 |
| Author | Pieter SCHENK |
| Year: | 1720 ca. |
| Zone: | India |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 570 x 445 mm |
€350.00
| Reference: | S39541 |
| Author | Pieter SCHENK |
| Year: | 1720 ca. |
| Zone: | India |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 570 x 445 mm |
€350.00
Description
A very good example of the Pieter Schenk's map of Southern India, after G. de L'Isle.
The map is made with a new platemark and not a reprint of the originaland published for the first time in the "Atlas Contractus sive Mapparum Geographicarum Sansoniarum auctarum et correctarum Nova Congeries".
Guillaume de L' Isle (1675-1724), was the Royal Geographer, was the most influential cartographer of the first quarter of the 18th century. Atlas de Géographie (1700-12), posthumous ' Atlas Nouveau (1730).
Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began learning the art of mezzotinting. In 1694 he bought some of the copper plates of cartographer Johannes Janssonius, which enabled him to specialize in engraving and printing maps and prints. He divided his time between his store in Amsterdam and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials in London. Schenk had three children: Peter the Younger carried on his father's business in Leipzig, while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and continued his relationship with his father by engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
Copper engraving, attractive original colouring, in good condition.
Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)
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Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 – between 12 August and 17 November 1711 in Leipzig) was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amsterdam and Leipzig. The engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk was born in 1660 in Elberfeld. He moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and became a student of Gerard Valck specializing in mezzotint. Valck was married to Maria Bloteling, the sister of the Amsterdam engraver Abraham Bloteling. In 1687 Schenk married Gerard's sister Agatha Valck. In 1694, together with Valck, he bought some of the copperplates of the artdealer and cartographer Johannes Janssonius. Along with Valck and Bloteling, he produced prints for the London market, though it is not known if he ever went there with them. Until 1700 he lived in the Jordaan, then he moved to Dam Square or to Leipzig, where he opened a shop, selling maps and art. He was a regular visitor to the trade fair Leipziger Messe in Leipzig, where he died. He had three sons who became engravers. His eldest son Peter Schenk the Younger was also a noted cartographer and art dealer who continued his father's shop in Leipzig. His sons Jan and Leonard stayed in Amsterdam and probably continued their father's workshop. His daughter Maria married Leonard Valck, the son of Gerard, who continued Gerard's workshop.
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Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)
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Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 – between 12 August and 17 November 1711 in Leipzig) was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amsterdam and Leipzig. The engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk was born in 1660 in Elberfeld. He moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and became a student of Gerard Valck specializing in mezzotint. Valck was married to Maria Bloteling, the sister of the Amsterdam engraver Abraham Bloteling. In 1687 Schenk married Gerard's sister Agatha Valck. In 1694, together with Valck, he bought some of the copperplates of the artdealer and cartographer Johannes Janssonius. Along with Valck and Bloteling, he produced prints for the London market, though it is not known if he ever went there with them. Until 1700 he lived in the Jordaan, then he moved to Dam Square or to Leipzig, where he opened a shop, selling maps and art. He was a regular visitor to the trade fair Leipziger Messe in Leipzig, where he died. He had three sons who became engravers. His eldest son Peter Schenk the Younger was also a noted cartographer and art dealer who continued his father's shop in Leipzig. His sons Jan and Leonard stayed in Amsterdam and probably continued their father's workshop. His daughter Maria married Leonard Valck, the son of Gerard, who continued Gerard's workshop.
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