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Dutch, 1571 - 1638
CYPRUS INSULA
copper engraving – coloured
c.1635
Amsterdam
38 x 50 cm (not including margins)
Provenance
private collection, Cyprus
Literature
Zacharakis 381, Stylianou 112
NOTES
A map of the island of Cyprus featuring a large decorative title cartouche of Aphrodite with Eros in a seashell drawn by swans sailing towards Paphos.
At the top-left the Turkish arms are depicted and at the top-center it bears the coat of arms of the Royal House of the Lusignan’s.
A map of the island of Cyprus featuring a large decorative title cartouche of Aphrodite with Eros in a seashell drawn by swans sailing towards Paphos.
At the top-left the Turkish arms are depicted and at the top-center it bears the coat of arms of the Royal House of the Lusignan’s.
