DE BEAVEAU

Beautiful and unusual bird’s eye view of CONSTANTINOPLE.

Title French in the upper left of the mise-en-scène.

From: Relation Journalière du Voyage du Levant, by Henri de Beauvau, 1615

Scarce information about the Author: Henri baron de Beauvau, active between the mid-sixteenth century and the middle of the following century. He was an engraver, traveler and fighter against the Turks in Hungary.

1601-1620

Size: 11×15,5 cm the printing mirror, 22,5×18 cm the sheet