View of Pernambuco, 1630, Series 11: Miscellaneous Foreign Events, 1571-1631, print, album page, Series number, 428, 380?, 1630. Dutch ships at sea off the coast. Without caption and unnumbered 428., printmaker: workshop of Frans Hogenberg, Cologne, 1630 - 1632, North Rhine-Westphalia, paper, etching, height 230 mm x width 307 mm, Pernambuco, Period, A detailed monochrome engraving showing a coastal scene with many sailing ships in the foreground on choppy water, some firing cannons and smoke rising from a few vessels. Behind the ships a shoreline with a fortified town and clustered buildings, docks, moored ships, and rows of small structures and gardens. A narrow river or canal runs inland from the town toward the top of the image, flanked by roads and small figures walking. The surrounding landscape features rolling hills, scattered trees of similar stylized shape, groves, and cultivated plots, with occasional isolated buildings on hilltops and small boats on inland waterways. The co...
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View of Pernambuco, 1630, Series 11: Miscellaneous Foreign Events, 1571-1631, print, album page, Series number, 428, 380?, 1630. Dutch ships at sea off the coast. Without caption and unnumbered 428., printmaker: workshop of Frans Hogenberg, Cologne, 1630 - 1632, North Rhine-Westphalia, paper, etching, height 230 mm x width 307 mm, Pernambuco, Period, A detailed monochrome engraving showing a coastal scene with many sailing ships in the foreground on choppy water, some firing cannons and smoke rising from a few vessels. Behind the ships a shoreline with a fortified town and clustered buildings, docks, moored ships, and rows of small structures and gardens. A narrow river or canal runs inland from the town toward the top of the image, flanked by roads and small figures walking. The surrounding landscape features rolling hills, scattered trees of similar stylized shape, groves, and cultivated plots, with occasional isolated buildings on hilltops and small boats on inland waterways. The composition includes textured shading, crosshatching, and many tiny drawn people and animals dotted across land and water.

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View Pernambuco 1630 Series 11 Miscellaneous Foreign Events 1571-1631 print album page Series number 428 380 Dutch ships sea off coast caption unnumbered 428 printmaker workshop Frans Hogenberg Cologne 1630 - 1632 North Rhine-Westphalia paper etching height 230 mm x width 307 mm Period detailed monochrome engraving showing coastal scene sailing ships foreground choppy water firing cannons smoke rising vessels ships shoreline fortified town clustered buildings docks moored ships rows small structures gardens narrow river canal runs inland town top image flanked roads small figures walking surrounding landscape features rolling hills scattered trees stylized shape groves cultivated plots occasional isolated buildings hilltops small boats inland waterways composition includes textured shading crosshatching tiny drawn people animals dotted across land water

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