Van Der Aa Pieter - View Of Tongling - Etching on paper, hand watercolored (Early 18th Century)
Estimate: £300 - £400
View Of Tongling is an original print realized in the beginning of the XVIII century by Pieter van der Aa.
Hand-watercolored etching. Includes frame 42 x 52.5 cm. On the back label of artwork provenance (Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong).
Original title, Tongling - Ville dans la Chine, print on plate on higher center. Author name print on plate on lower left.
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's considered the largest atlas ever published and possibly the costliest and comprehensive geographical work ever produced. The volume contained plates that generally consist of views, maps, and street plans, reissues of maps by 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.
The print represents a view of the city of Tongling: in the foreground boats along the river and on the background the little village and the mountain that surround it.
Hand-watercolored etching. Includes frame 42 x 52.5 cm. On the back label of artwork provenance (Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong).
Original title, Tongling - Ville dans la Chine, print on plate on higher center. Author name print on plate on lower left.
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's considered the largest atlas ever published and possibly the costliest and comprehensive geographical work ever produced. The volume contained plates that generally consist of views, maps, and street plans, reissues of maps by 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.
The print represents a view of the city of Tongling: in the foreground boats along the river and on the background the little village and the mountain that surround it.