View of the castle of Visiapour

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View of the castle of Visiapour

Vingboons, Johannes

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Gezicht op ,,'t casteel en 't conincklijk paleijs van Visiapour.

The illustration shows a strip of land with two figures in the foreground.

In the centre is a castle.

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Is part of:

Bijapur

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

ca. 1665

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

41 x 62 cm41 x 62 cm

Number

VELH0619.104

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

bridge, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, fortification, Person, European, building, palace

Inscription

't Casteel en t Conincklijck Paleijs van Visiapour

Sources and literature

Zandvliet, K., Mapping for Money: Maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and (1998)

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)