Lot 0012 - MATTAÄUS MERIAN "EL VIEJO" - Siege of the Dutch fleet to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. June 1599
MATTAÄUS MERIAN "EL VIEJO"
Basel, Switzerland 1593 - Bad Schwalbach, Germany 1650
JL GOTTFRIED
1584 - 1633
Siege of the Dutch fleet to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . June 1599
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 15.5 x 18 cm plate
Comes from the work "Newe Welt und Americanische Historien ...", Frankfurt, 1631-1655 , p. 448.
Landing attempts by van der Does's troops during the siege of Las Palmas from June 25 to 28, 1599. After the failures to enter the island and some 1,400 casualties, on July 4 they leave the city, but not before looting it and setting it on fire, heading for the island of La Gomera.
Basel, Switzerland 1593 - Bad Schwalbach, Germany 1650
JL GOTTFRIED
1584 - 1633
Siege of the Dutch fleet to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . June 1599
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 15.5 x 18 cm plate
Comes from the work "Newe Welt und Americanische Historien ...", Frankfurt, 1631-1655 , p. 448.
Landing attempts by van der Does's troops during the siege of Las Palmas from June 25 to 28, 1599. After the failures to enter the island and some 1,400 casualties, on July 4 they leave the city, but not before looting it and setting it on fire, heading for the island of La Gomera.