Olinda, 1630 (Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil) 08°00ʹ32ʺS  34°51ʹ19ʺW

Workshop of Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (printmaker)

Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom of text column on RCIN 722051.c:] t’ AMSTERDAM, / By Claes Iansz Visscher, woonende inde Kalver-straet inde Visscher.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Text: none visible. Mount: 5-pointed crown with 6-pointed star above.

Condition: heavy brown discolouration; some wear along the t edges of three of the original pieces of text, indicating that they were formerly attached to another document (perhaps the map, although this shows no signs of text having been removed from the bottom, but see the formats of text which are described under RCIN 722051.a.) One fold line to the mount; no gilt edges; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso

40.4 x 11.4 cm (image and sheet of left column)

40.1 x 11.2 cm (image and sheet of right column)

43.0 x 33.0 cm (mount)

Printed title:

Kort Verhael / Van alle 't ghepasseerde in 't / victorieus Veroveren / Der Stadt Olinda / Anders genaemt / PHARNAMBVCO.

Annotations:

George III heading: Olinda de Pernambuco Feb.^y 1630.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [on five of the original pieces of text, ?in contemporary hand, ink, left to right, top to bottom:] E10, Eii, E7, E8, E9.

George III catalogue entry:

Olinda de Pernambuco A Plan of the Town of Olinda de Pernambuco taken by the Dutch in February 1630: and a Map of the Northern part of Brazil: by N.J. Piscator (Visscher) 2 sheets. [with Descriptions of the Siege in Dutch and French]

Bibliographic reference(s)

M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2916, 2917