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Auction 199, Lot 698
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"Atlas", Elwe, Jan Barend

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1792 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.4 x 18.1 inches
29 x 46 cm
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This striking sheet designed by L. Webbers features Neptune and Gaia examining a large globe centered on Europe and Africa. Above them Atlas is shown holding a celestial globe on his shoulders while a young woman drawing a map is seated in the foreground. Putti hold aloft the drape-style title cartouche.

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Condition: B

Contemporary color on watermarked paper with a crease at top left and a small chip into the top left border that has been backed on verso with old paper.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $95

Closed on 9/11/2024

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