“De Heylige en Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem, Eerst Genaemt Salem.” Hand-colored copperplate map.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 283
VISSCHER, CLAES JANSZOON

“De Heylige en Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem, Eerst Genaemt Salem.” Hand-colored copperplate map.

15.5 x 18.5 inches.

Amsterdam, 1650:

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $650
This imaginary plan of ancient Jerusalem has a descriptive key at lower right. 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. Of interest is the fisherman emblem of the Visscher family in the lower left corner. Other, later versions do not include this emblem.