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Auction 24 · Lot 282
Mallet, Alain Manesson. Jerusalem Moderne [Modern Jerusalem]
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(MAP OF HOLY LAND)
Place
(Paris
Publication
1683)
Description
French. Copperplate
references
Undique ad Terram Sanctam: Cartographic Exhibition from the Eran Laor Collection (Jerusalem: JNUL, 1976), 64
summary
Figure CX from A.M. Mallet, Description de l’univers.
Assuming the portrayal is to be taken at face value, in the foreground is the Mount of Olives, and one looks down and westward, viewing the Mosque of Omar, which is prominently displayed in the center. One notes a camel caravan entering the city.The dress of the onlookers is decidedly Ottoman Turkish
95 x 140 mm. Not examined out of frame
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