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Towns and Landscapes
Antique Print of the Market, Hospital and Orphanage of Ambon by Valentijn, 1726
$390
€350 · £295
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1726
- Sheet size
- 13 × 15.2 in (33 × 38.5 cm)
- Condition
- Good
- Island
- Moluccas
- Collection
- Towns and Landscapes
- Period
- The Company, 1700 to 1799
- Stock no.
- f_27892672
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Antique print titled 'De Passar, of Markt van Ambon, Het oud ziekenhuis of Raadhuis, Het Nieuw Ziekenhuis, Het Armen Weeshuis'. Four images on one sheet: The Passar (Market), the old- and new Hospital and the Orphanage in Ambon, Maluku Islands, Indonesia. This print originates from 'Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën (..)' by F. Valentijn.
Artists and Engravers: François Valentijn / Valentyn (1666-1727), was a Dutch minister, naturalist and author. He was send by the VOC as a missionary and mostly worked at Amboina from 1684-1694 and 1705-1713. He traveled extensively in the VOC controlled territories and befriended the German naturalist Georg Eberhard Rumpf (Rumphius). He probably had access to VOC archives and compiled much in this momumental work from others as well.
Image size: 38 x 29.5 cm.
