Delmina

Reference: ms8083
Author Pieter SCHENK
Year: 1702
Zone: Delmia
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 270 x 220 mm
€125.00

Reference: ms8083
Author Pieter SCHENK
Year: 1702
Zone: Delmia
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 270 x 220 mm
€125.00

Description

This is a rare view from Schenk's important town atlas, called Hecatompolis, sive Totius orbis Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centum; exquisite collecta atque eleganter depicta.

The view recognizes as a source the contemporary French production (Aveline, Chereau le Jeune, Carel Allard) which in turn is based on the prototype of Braun and Hogenberg; however, it is personalized by an effective and accurate graphic rendering, attributable to the expert hand of an engraver of Peter Schenk's workshop.

Below, the title is in Dutch and Latin and it’s possibile to read the name of the publisher. The exemplar has produced numerous subsidiaries throughout the eighteenth century and beyond, so it can also be considered a prototype.

Copperplate, good condition.

Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)

Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. 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 also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.

Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)

Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. 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 also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.