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Period: 1750s
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« La Baigneuse » ou « La Nymphe prenant son bain » (1757)
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in Ixelles, BE
Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), "The Bather" or "The Nymph Bathing" (1757)
Artistic Explanation:
The Nymph Bathing is a masterpiece of 18th-century French sculpture, created...
Category
1750s French Baroque Antique Europe
Materials
Bronze
Meissen 18th Century Masquerade Lady Patch Box
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Braintree, GB
Meissen 18th century hard-paste porcelain and copper Masquerade lady patch box.
Made in Germany, Circa 1750's
Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1...
Category
1750s German Antique Europe
Materials
Copper
Pair of George II Serving Dishes Made in London in 1759 by William Cripps
By William Cripps
Located in London, GB
These very fine dishes are of a good large Size and are circular in form with a wide rim decorated with a shaped gadrooned band. Both have a deep bowl so t...
Category
1750s British George II Antique Europe
Materials
Sterling Silver
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is anetching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was real...
Category
1750s Modern Europe
Materials
Etching
Meissen Gilt-Metal Mounted Etui / Bodkin Case, circa 1755
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Basildon, GB
Meissen Gilt-Metal Mounted Etui / Bodkin Case, circa 1755, cylindrical case painted with floral trails between blue-scale borders, the ends painted with pe...
Category
1750s German Rococo Antique Europe
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Painted Dual Lidded Rococo Box Relief Decoration Brass Mountings, 1750
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Gorgeous Dual Lidded Rococo Box with Multicolored Paintings and Decorations of Relief Type.
The box is edged by brass mountings.
height: 6.0 cm (= 2.36 inches)
width: 8.0 cm (= 3.14 inches)
depth: 4.5 cm (= 1.77 inches)
Manufactory: Meissen
Blue Meissen Sword Mark isn't visible here, but authenticity guaranteed ! It is well known that early Meissen items of first half of 18th century
- especially boxes and other objects of daily use - aren't always signed.
Please note: Certificate of this Meissen item's authenticity attached to invoice will be sent !
FIRST QUALITY
Dating: made circa 1750 (= PRE-MARCOLINI PERIOD !)
Material: porcelain
Technique: handmade porcelain / multicolored painted and glazed
painter's sign existing
SPECIFICATIONS:
Dual lidded (= RARITY !) oblong box with rounded edges.
It is abundantly ornamented with various multicolored paintings decorating the item's walls in finest manner:
°the outer walls of box as well as inner and outer side of one lid are painted with flowers (for example roses, iris flower, dahlias etc.)
°outer side of second lid is painted with veduta (= village situated at lake where a boat with three men is visible)
°inner side of second lid is painted with animals (= cock and brooding hen...
Category
1750s German Rococo Antique Europe
Materials
Brass
Big 18th Century Marble Mortar "Dated 1752"
Located in Zedelgem, BE
A big Italian dated Mortar ( 1752 ) in good condition it has damaging that are patinated already so from a long time ago, very nice piece.
Category
1750s Italian Other Antique Europe
Materials
Carrara Marble
Lignum Vitae Treen Vices Pair of Minature Tree of Life
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Collector's specimens
- Lignum vitae is sought after for the beauty of its grain, coloring, patina, density and toughness
Translated from Latin, vignum vitae means “wood of lif...
Category
1750s English George II Antique Europe
Materials
Wood
1756 Map of Brazil from Bahia to São Paulo by Bellin – French Colonial Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Brazil from Bahia to São Paulo – Bellin for L'Histoire des Voyages
This elegant 18th-century French map titled "Suite du Bresil, Depuis la Baie de Tous les Saints jus...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Detailed Map of Arabian Peninsula and Canaan, Highlighting Biblical Territories
Located in Langweer, NL
This antique map, titled "Terre de Chanaan ou Terre Promise a Abraham," is a finely detailed copper-engraved map created around 1750 by Delamarche in Paris, based on earlier works by...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
George II Mahogany Corner Cabinet Display Glazed, 1750
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George II Mahogany Glazed Corner Cabinet.
circa 1750
Standing on bracket feet, featuring 2 fielded panel doors on the bottom section, the top section having a pair of astragal glaz...
Category
1750s George II Antique Europe
Materials
Mahogany
French Régence Gilt Wood Mirror, 18th century
Located in Leimen, DE
Discover the timeless elegance of an 18th-century French Régence gilt wood mirror, a masterpiece of exquisite craftsmanship. This stunning mirror features a finely carved giltwood fr...
Category
1750s French Baroque Antique Europe
Materials
Giltwood
Air Twist Wine Glass c1750
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Air twist stem Georgian wine glass
Period : George II - c1750
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Bell
Stem :Multi spiral air twist
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass...
Category
1750s British George II Antique Europe
Materials
Glass
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Mug
Located in London, by appointment only
A Chinese export famille rose tankard having a straw weave replacement handle and decorated with rocks and flowers of bold design.
China, circa 1750.
Measures: Height 8 in (20 cms).
Category
1750s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Europe
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Copperplate Print of Ayutthaya, 'View of Siam and Various Boats', 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
An original engraving featuring a view of Siam, which is present-day Thailand, specifically a view of the city of Ayutthaya with numerous boats depicted on the river. The title, "Vuë...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Rare & Collectable Germain Landrin circa 1750 French Marble Kingwood Sideboard
By Germain Landrin
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this important, restored circa 1750 marble topped kingwood inlaid sideboard with polished silver fittings sideboard fully stamped for Germain Landrin, 1710-1785
...
Category
1750s French Georgian Antique Europe
Materials
Marble
A Beautiful Antique Portrait Of.A Boy
Located in Søborg, DK
A Beautiful oil on board antique portrait of a boy by an unknown artist.
The artist succeeded in capturing this boys striking expression.
Age related wear and patina.
May have had...
Category
1750s Danish Early Victorian Antique Europe
Materials
Paint
Allegorical Engraving of Africa, Johann Georg Hertel, Augsburg, Mid-18th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Africa
The engraving titled Africa was part of a series representing the four continents, published by Johann Georg Hertel in Augsburg duri...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Worcester Porcelain Coffee Cup and Saucer - Warbler Pattern 1754-60
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Worcester porcelain pixie eared Warbler pattern coffee cup and saucer
Date : 1754-60
Period : George II
Marks : Imitation Meissen crossed swords mark, workmans mark
Origin...
Category
1750s British George II Antique Europe
Materials
Porcelain
1749 Jacques Nicolas Bellin Map of the Great Wall of China Near Kiang-nan fu
Located in Langweer, NL
This original antique image is an historical map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, depicting the Great Wall of China as it was understood in the mid-18th century.
The map includes French ...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Original Engraved Map of Saint Lucia in the West Indies by Bellin, 1758
Located in Langweer, NL
The "Carte de L’Isle de Sainte Lucie" by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, a prominent figure as the Royal Hydrographer and engineer of the French Navy, is a remarkable antique map showcasing ...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Allegorical Engraving of Asia, Johann Hertel, Augsburg, 18th Century Masterpiece
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Asia
The engraving titled Asia was part of a series representing the four continents, published by Johann Georg Hertel in Augsburg during t...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
18th Century Oil on Panel Flemish Antique Painting Card Players, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Flemish school of the 18th century. Oil on panel artwork depicting card players sitting at an outdoor table, probably next to an inn. The innkeeper, depicted standing while offering ...
Category
1750s Dutch Antique Europe
Materials
Wood
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Landscape Painting, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the mid-18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a landscape with characters and architecture along the river, of good pictorial quality. Finely ca...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Europe
Materials
Canvas
The Otter’s Catch: A Masterpiece Engraving from Johann Daniel Meyer, ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
This engraving, titled "Die Fischotter" and marked as Tab.LVIII, depicts an otter in a natural setting, engaging in its typical behavior of eating a fish. This work is from Johann Da...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper
Image size: 13 x 17 1/2 inches (33 x 44.5 cm)
Mounted and framed
This original pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the original sketch for one of the heads depicted in Frye's collection 'Twelve Mezzotint Prints' of 1760 and it can be assumed that this pastel work was created earlier of this same year.
Two versions of the print, created from this original work, are currently held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Frye's evocative figures, although presumably based on living models, exceed the conventions of portraiture, and also function as character studies. The man shown here - dressed in the fashionable 'Turkish' manner - turns with parted lips as if poised to speak, while raising the elegant fingers in one hand in a rhetorical gesture. His long eyelashes and smoothly rendered wrinkles and dimples are hallmarks of Frye's refined style.
The Artist
Thomas Frye (c. 1710 – 3 April 1762) was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings. He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain factory, London, and claimed in his epitaph to be "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England," though his rivals at the Chelsea porcelain factory seem to have preceded him in bringing wares to market. The Bow porcelain works did not long survive Frye's death; their final auctions took place in May 1764.
Frye was born at Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1710; in his youth he went to London to practice as an artist. His earliest works are a pair of pastel portraits of boys...
Category
1750s English School Europe
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Map of Northern India and Pakistan 'Mogol', Showing Kabul, Delhi Etc., 1758
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Mogol'.
Map of Northern India and Pakistan ('Mogol'), showing Kabul, Delhi and surroundings. This map originates from 'Kort begrip der Oude en Nieuwe Staatkun...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Heavy Antique Chemist's Mortar, English, Cast Iron, Decorative Planter, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a heavy antique chemist's mortar. An English, cast iron decorative planter pot, dating to the mid Georgian period, circa 1750.
Fascinatingly weathered Georgian mortar
Displa...
Category
1750s British Georgian Antique Europe
Materials
Iron
The Angel & Jesus with the Sick in Bethesda Near Jerusalem's Sheep Gate, 1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique religious print titled 'L'Ange du Seigneur descend dans la piscine des brebis pour la guerison des malades'.
The Angel descending into the pool of Bethesda...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Rare 16th Century Original Handcolored Miniature Map of Java, Indonesia, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Very handsome original old coloured copper engraving by Bertius of the island of Java in the early days of the Dutch colonisation - at that time named The Dutch East Indies or nowada...
Category
1610s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Attractive Hand-Tinted Antique Map of Japan, Published in 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Nice decorative hand tinted map of Japan with the title (in French): Carte de L'Empire du Japon Bellin, 1752
This antique map is engraved with very attractive title cartouche.
...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Old Map of Region Champagne-Ardenne with Reims, Troyes & Épernay in France, 1759
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Tabula Geographica Campaniae (..).'
Detailed map of the Champagne region in France by J. B. Homann, covering the region Champagne-Ardenne with Reims, Troyes a...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Optical Print or Vue d'optique of a Chinese Temple, ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue d'un temple Chinois : Le grand Kia-cheu de la Chine, ou Temple des Aïeux, préparé pour le Sacrifice solemnel, que les Chinois célébrent pour leurs Ancêtres'.
Vue d'optique of a Chinese temple prepared for annual sacrifice held in honour of deceased ancestors, whose portraits are displayed around the temple. This is an optical print...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Surgical Instruments - Etching by Lorenz Heister - 1750
Located in Roma, IT
Surgical Instruments from the Suite Heister, Lorenz, realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones chirurgicae. Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750.
Etching on paper
T...
Category
1750s Modern Europe
Materials
Etching
Antique London Townhouse Boot Scraper, English, Doorway Shoe Pull, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique London townhouse boot scraper. An English, cast iron doorway shoe pull, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1750.
Pleasingly ornate...
Category
1750s British Georgian Antique Europe
Materials
Iron
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Landscape Pastoral Scene, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting pastoral scene, bucolic landscape with animals and popular characters of good pictorial quality. Paint...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Europe
Materials
Canvas
Original Antique Map of the Empire of Japan, Centered on the Bay of Osaka, c1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de L'Empire de Japon (..).'
Map of the Empire of Japan. Centered on the Bay of Osaka, this map covers from Hirado (here identified as I. Firando) and Na...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Spain & Portugal 'Iberian Peninsula', Decorative Cartouche, c1755
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Spain and Portugal'.
Small, detailed antique map of Spain and Portugal (Iberian Peninsula). Decorative title cartouche.
Artists and Engravers: Thomas Jeff...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Detailed Antique Map of the Southern Part of European Russia and Ukraine, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Partie meridionale de la Russie Européenne'.
Detailed map of the southern part of European Russia by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers from Moscow south to Georgia and from Poland east to the Volga River, including Crimea and Ukraine.
Artists and engravers: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) was the head of a leading family of geographers in eighteenth century France. Gilles got his start when he jointly inherited the shop of Pierre-Moullart Sanson, grandson of the famous geographer Nicholas Sanson. The inheritance included the business, its stock of plates, and a roller press...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Rare Old Map of the City of Stavoren, Friesland, the Netherlands, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Staveren'.
Old map of the city of Stavoren, Friesland. This map originates from 'Rerum Frisicarum Historia' by U. Emmius.
Artists and Engravers: Nicolaes ...
Category
1610s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Original Old & Rare View of the City of Workum, Friesland, The Netherlands, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Worcum'. This print depicts the city of Workum (Friesland, The Netherlands). With German captions. This print originates from 'Rerum Frisicarum Historia' publishe...
Category
1610s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Italian Carved Walnut Chairs with Leather Covers, Milan, circa 1750
Located in Milano, IT
Four carved walnut chairs with leather covers
Milan, circa 1750
They measure: 39.37” high, 18.30” to the seat, 21.65” deep x 19.29”
(100 cm high, 46.5 cm to the seat, 55 cm deep x 49 cm)
State of conservation:
- the leather covers are not original;
- some signs of use, especially on leather covers;
- the rocailles at the height of the backrests have lost part of the carved elements.
The four walnut chairs have a mixtilinear structure adorned with rocaille relief carvings; the legs are shaped and end with a curl. The backs and seats are padded and covered with impressed leather with figures and cartouche decorations from later production.
Around the mid-eighteenth century in Milan it was very popular to cover seats with impressed leather. Mutton or cowhide was used which, suitably tanned, was then worked with heated irons (hot decoration) or with carved wooden molds (cold decoration). These were impressed on the leather until obtaining a darker brown color. Our group of chairs...
Category
1750s Italian Rococo Antique Europe
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
Category
1750s Surrealist Europe
Materials
Etching
Exceptional Swedish Console Table ca 1750
Located in Farsta, SE
Exceptional Swedish Console Table ca 1750
This table showcases remarkable craftsmanship and a stunning patina.
Crafted in oak, most likely from southern Sweden, Småland.
Missing one...
Category
1750s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Europe
Materials
Oak
Excellent Antique Map of America with Unusual Northwest Coast of America, c.1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart Van het Westelykste Deel Der Weereld, dienende tot aanwyzing an de Scheepstogten der Nederlanderne Naar West Indie.' Excellent map of America, featuring an unusual northwest coast of America, which includes Martin d'Aguilar's strait which provides for a Northwest Passage via the Great Lakes. The rest of the NW coast...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Swiss Sideboard in Oak, 1750 circa, Switzerland
Located in Vo', Veneto
Swiss sideboard in oak
Measures: H 200cm, W 103cm, D 42cm
Two-body sideboard entirely built in oak wood.
In both bodies there is a door ...
Category
1750s Italian Country Antique Europe
Materials
Oak
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Architecture Farmers Painting, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Large Italian landscape from the 18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting landscape with architecture and farmers of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned with an antique Lou...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Europe
Materials
Canvas
Beautiful Original Copper Engraved Map of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, 1613
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Lacus Lemanus'.
Old map of Lake Geneva with good detail of surrounding towns and villages. Decorated with a large compass rose with two sailing boats and a sea monster in the lake. Originates from 'Atlas Minor'.
Artists and Engravers: Henricus Hondius...
Category
1610s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Tapestry 18th Century Aubusson 'Child's Play' - N° 1317
Located in Paris, FR
A very beautiful tapestry 18th century Aubusson represent children's game dancing in the village, the colors are very fresh in the blue and green
Thanks to our Restoration-Conserv...
Category
1750s French Aubusson Antique Europe
Materials
Wool
Old Engraving of Batavia 'Jakarta, Indonesia' with Map and Harbour View, 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des environs de Batavia '. French map of the Batavia area (Jakarta) in Indonesia. With cartouche, scale and compass rose. Published circa 1750.
The map i...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
straight huge baroque oak dome top chest ar. 1750 very heavy dovetail joints
Located in Landshut, BY
""~!~** STRAIGHT **~!~**
Baroque round-lidded chest, also known as a dome top chest, solid oak, with heavy fittings, around 1750.
The chest is in a "refined for the home condition...
Category
1750s German Art Deco Antique Europe
Materials
Wrought Iron
Original Italian Frontispiece with Classic Elegance Engravings, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
This is the frontispiece of the first volume of "Delle antichità di Ercolano" (The Antiquities of Herculaneum), published in 1757 by the Royal Printing House of Naples, Italy.
The ...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Bristol Delft Bianco-Sopra-Bianco Chinese Scene Pottery Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique English Bristol Delft plate hand painted with a Chinese scene and dating from the mid 18th century. The pottery plate stands on a narrow u...
Category
1750s English Georgian Antique Europe
Materials
Pottery
Engraving of Thai Buddhist Temple and Monastery in Ayutthaya, Siam, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
An original antique engraving of two Buddhist temples in Thailand, also known as Siam historically.
The upper part of the engraving is labeled "COUVENT de Talapoins," which refers ...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique Set of Three Sterling Silver Dinner Plates
By Thomas Heming
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive set of three antique Georgian English sterling silver dinner plates/second course dishes, an addition to our range of collectable dining silverware.
These exceptional antique George II sterling silver dinner plates/second course dishes has a circular shaped form.
The raised border is embellished with an impressive bright cut engraved marital coat of arms incorporating the motto 'Tria juncta in uno', three joined in one.
The rim of each antique second course dish is encircled with a Fine and impressive applied gadroon decorated border accented with alternating scrolling leaf designs.
The circular well of each plate is plain and unembellished.
The underside of each plate retains the silversmith's center punch mark in addition to the original item numbers 9, 10 and 12 and the original scratch weight of 32 troy ounces and 4 pennyweights (32.2 troy ounces), as to be expected the measured weight has subtly diminished in keeping with age to 29.9 troy ounces.
Larger second course dishes such as these are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
These pieces are a segment of a more extensive table service incorporating dishes, trays and platters; through time the service will have been divided.
Condition
These antique sterling silver plates...
Category
1750s English Georgian Antique Europe
Materials
Sterling Silver
Old Print with a View of the Cape of Good Hope and Table Bay, South Africa, 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gezigt van de Kaap de Goede-Hoop'.
Old print with a view of the Cape of Good Hope and Table Bay. Engraved by J. van Schley for a Du...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique Engraving of Tinian, an Island of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue de la Rde de Tinian
Gezigt van de Rheede van Tinian (..)'. Views of the south-west side of the island of Tinian and a view of the anchorage of Tinian, w...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
Group of Four Mezzotint Hunting Plates.
By Johann Elias Ridinger
Located in London, GB
4 mezzotint engravings by and after Ridinger (c.55 x 43 cm.) with margins on all sides.
[Published: Augsburg, 1750].
A fine group showing 2 male and 2 female hunters along with the ...
Category
1750s Naturalistic Europe
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
Antique Norwegian Silver Drinking Cup
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive 18th century Norwegian silver drinking cup; part of our continental silverware collection
This fine and impressive an...
Category
1750s Norwegian Antique Europe
Materials
Silver
Map of Beijing (Peking) with Tartar and Chinese Divisions and Jesuit Missions
Located in Langweer, NL
An antique map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin titled "Plan de la Ville de Peking Capitale de l'Empire de la Chine," published in Paris in 1754.
This finely engraved plan shows the detailed layout of the city of Peking (now known as Beijing), the capital of China. The map distinctly divides the city into the "Ville Tartare" (Tartar City) and "Ville Chinoise" (Chinese City), indicating the segregated living areas during that period. Notable features on the map include the Emperor's Palace and the French Jesuit and Portuguese Jesuit missions located in the Tartar City, as well as the Temples of the Earth and Sky marked in the Chinese City.
This kind of map is a valuable historical document, offering insight into the urban planning and social geography of Beijing in the mid-18th century. It reflects the European interest in the far reaches of the world during the age of exploration...
Category
1750s Antique Europe
Materials
Paper
