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View Of Anning - SOLD
View Of Anning is an original print realized in the beginning of the XVIII century by Pieter van der Aa .
Hand-watercolored etching. Includes a frame 42 x 52.5 cm. On the back, the label of provenance (Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong).
The original title, Anhing - Ville dans la Chine , is printed on plate on the higher center. Author name printed on plate on the lower left.
Good conditions.
This artwork is from La Galerie agreable du Monde , a monumental 66-part atlas published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden from 1724 to 1729. It is considered the largest atlas ever published and possibly the costliest and most comprehensive geographical work ever produced.
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View Of Anning is an original print realized in the beginning of the XVIII century by Pieter van der Aa .
Hand-watercolored etching. Includes a frame 42 x 52.5 cm. On the back, the label of provenance (Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong).
The original title, Anhing - Ville dans la Chine , is printed on plate on the higher center. Author name printed on plate on the lower left.
Good conditions.
This artwork represents a view of the city of Anning in China: the interesting view shows the landscape of the city as it appeared at the time. In the foreground, some boats and, in the background, the old houses of the village with the most important building in Anning.
This artwork is from La Galerie agreable du Monde , a monumental 66-part atlas published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden from 1724 to 1729. It is considered the largest atlas ever published and possibly the costliest and most comprehensive geographical work ever produced. The volume contained plates that generally consist of views, maps, and street plans, reissues of maps of the principal cities including Beijing, Nanjing, Guangdong, and Tianjin; costume plates, flags, court ceremonies, funeral rites, animals, Chinese ships, in addition to Van der Aa's own maps prepared specifically for this interesting atlas.
Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher of maps and atlases active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. During his long and impressive career, Van der Aa produced thousands of maps, including a vast 28 volume atlas containing no less than 3,000 maps.
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