De Heylige en Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem Eerst Genaemt Salem.
AUCTION 80 |
Thursday, March 28th,
2019 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 190
VISSCHER, NICHOLAS.
De Heylige en Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem Eerst Genaemt Salem.
Amsterdam, 1650:
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $500
This imaginary plan of ancient Jerusalem has a descriptive key at lower left, locating 36 noteworthy Jerusalem sites. Solomon’s Temple appears in the upper center of the composition, at far left is the Palace of Herod, lower left is Golgotha. Central foreground is Mount Gihon and at lower right a scene representing the anointing of King Solomon by Zadok the Priest. The fisherman emblem of the Visscher family in found above the descriptive key.