Kaart van Europa, anonymous, 1675 - 1711

Title(s)

Kaart van Europa
Europae in tabula geographica delineatio admentem (...) (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1918-1780

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Description

Kaart van Europa. Linksboven de ontvoering van Europa door Zeus als stier.

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• Adam Friedrich Zürner (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Pieter Schenk (I) (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1675 - 1711

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 504 mm × width 586 mm

What

• maps, atlases
• Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Where

• Europe

Credit line

• Gift of C.P.D. Pape

Acquisition

gift 1918

Copyright

Public domain