Braun & Hogenberg

AO 0488

Granada

"Granada"

General view of Granada, capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, situated at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains. A figurative staffage in the foreground and a large, decorative cartouche with explanations in the upper part.

Very good impression, colours and condition.

Koeman B & H I / 04

€ 780,-

Orig. coloured copper engraving by Braun and Hogenberg, after Joris Hoefnagel 1563, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', vol. I/4, 1st Latin edition, Cologne 1572, 33,8 x 51 cm.

Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mecheln - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. Georg Braun (1541 - Cologne - 1622) was a geographer and publisher. Both edited the first comprehensive and systematicly designed atlas with town views and plans from all over the world. The collection 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' was published from 1572 until 1618 and ultimately 6 volumes contained more than 500 copper engravings together with a huge amount of textural information. G. Braun was compiling the text and F. Hogenberg was responsible for the engravings (of the first 4 volumes). Many of the views were based on drawings by Joris Hoefnagel (1542 Antwerp - Vienna 1600) who visited Spain in the years 1563-67. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' can be seen very much as a companion piece to the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' by Abraham Ortelius (1527 - Antwerp - 1598), whose atlases with maps from all over the world were published from 1570 until 1612.

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