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Auction 98, Lot 244

"Obsidio Et Expugnatio Portus Calvi", Montanus, Arnoldus

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1671 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.8 x 10.5 inches
32.5 x 26.7 cm
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Copper engraving of the Dutch fort at Porto Calvo (Alagoas). The foreground is filled with people, carts, and farmers. Title in banner style cartouche.

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Condition: C

Age toned along centerfold with old repairs on verso. Tiny hole at centerfold.

Estimate: $200 - $240

Sold for: $180

Closed on 3/6/2002

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