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Old Print of Vishnu and the Fifth Incarnation, 1672
€340 ($380, £290, €340)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1672
- Size
- 12.6 × 7.9 in (32 × 20 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Given age. Tiny hole bottom left edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
- Period
- Before 1700
- Section
- Botanical
- Reference
- f_27255112
Antique print, untitled. This original antique print shows Vishnu in his fifth incarnation or avatar. Dutch text on verso. From: 'Naauwkeurige Beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel…en het machtige Eyland Ceylon'… by Philippus Baldaeus, published in The Netherlands 1672.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Philip Baldaeus' after an anonymous artist. Author: Philip Baldaeus (1632-1672). Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde (October 1632, Delft - 1672, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna, Ceylon with an invading Dutch force during 17th Century. As the first European he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, similar to Mahawamsa, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German (with many beautiful plates).
