Bruges, Belgium (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

18th–19th century
European
Prints
Works On Paper
hand-colored etching on laid paper
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 20 1/8 in. (40.01 × 51.12 cm)
Plate: 12 1/2 × 18 1/8 in. (31.75 × 46.04 cm)
40.9.41
Not on view
Printed within image at upper edge: BRUGAE, FLANDRICARUM/ URBIUM ORNAMENTA. Printed within cartouche in lower left corner of plate: BRUGAE, vulgo Brugk,/ Teutonicae Flandriae vrbs om/ nium pulcherrima, nitidissimaq/ publicarum siquidem, priuatarumq/ aedium in bac vrbe splendor/ magnificentia, omnem/ rationem, omnem dicendi faculta/ tem superat. Optimam vrbium/ formam, hoc est, orbicularem,/ situ obtinet, aquis probè in/ structa, duplici fossa ambitur; florentissimum quondam/ emporium fuit. Inscribed in graphite lower right: 43 (in circle). Letterpress text on verso.
Gift of Margaret Dashiell
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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