Luxemburgensis Ducatus, tam in ejusdem minores, quam principales Ditiones peraccurate Distinctus,…

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Article ID EUB3660

Title

Luxemburgensis Ducatus, tam in ejusdem minores, quam principales Ditiones peraccurate Distinctus,…

Description

Decorative map of Luxembourg with its surrounding countries.

Year

ca. 1660

Artist

Visscher (1618-1679)

Nicolaes Visscher I (1618 -1679) Amsterdam was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He belonged to the Dutch art dealer, engraver and publisher dynasty founded by his father Claes Janszoon Visscher. After his father's death in 1652, he took over his father's art publishing house and initially continued publishing the atlases and maps that his father had begun. He then began publishing works under his own name. Together with his son Nicolaes Visscher II (1649-1702), he engraved a large number of printing plates, further replenishing the publisher's stock. The atlases "Atlas Contractus", "Atlas Minor" and "Germania Inferior" contain about 170 plates. After N. Visscher's death, some of Visscher's copper plates passed to Petrus Schenk II (1693-1775), who used them for numerous reprints.

Historical Description

Officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,in the 14th and early 15th centuries, three members of the House of Luxembourg reigned as Holy Roman Emperors. In 1437, the House of Luxembourg suffered a succession crisis, precipitated by the lack of a male heir to assume the throne, which led to the territories being sold by Duchess Elisabeth to Philip the Good of Burgundy. In the following centuries, Luxembourg's fortress was steadily enlarged and strengthened by its successive occupants, the Bourbons, Habsburgs, Hohenzollerns and the French.

Place of Publication Amsterdam
Dimensions (cm)49 x 58,5
ConditionMargin replaced with lower missing part
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueCopper print

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