Title
VERDADERO RETRATO DEL SUNTUOSO EDIFICIO DE LA PLACA DE LA MUY NOBLE VILLA DE MADRID : A LA MUY NOBLE Y MUY LEAL VILLA DE MADRID Ofrezco a VS. el verdadero retrato del edificio mas suntuoso q. V.S. tiene entre los muchos que adornan la grandec'a desta Villa comencado y acabado en los dos Anos postreros de aquel Imortal Monarca Rey don Filipe III. Imitando V.S. a los mejores Enperadores de la Monarquia Romana que hic'ieron mucho por Illustrar a su Roma, haciendo la tan famosa con la gloria de sus edificios, como con la de sus Leyes, Suplico A. V.S. le reciba en senal de mi agradecimiento y de las mercedes que e recibido de la largeca de V.S. y de las que espero de su liberalidad / Antonio Mancelli.
Creator
Mancelli, Antonio, active 1608-1623, printmaker.
Publication details
[Madrid] : [Publisher not identified], [around 1623]
Physical details
1 print : engraving and etching ; sheet 45.5 x 89.5 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
View of the north side of the monumental city square of Madrid shown in elevation from a high vantage point, with a procession of figures on horseback and groups of people watching them and talking in front of the Casa de la Panaderi_a, dedication in a large cartouche along the left border below the arms of Madrid, physical description of the square engraved in another cartouche above a Doric column at the upper right corner, two cartouches with verses in Latin praising Madrid governors at lower right and left, and text mentioning the royal judge Pedro de Tapia and the working schedule of the committee for the reform of the square that he led below. Dedication contains Madrid coat of arms. On three sheets assembled and mounted together.
Place
Madrid (Spain)
Additional information
According to Jesu_s Escobar, the view was commissioned by the city of Madrid in September 1622 and it might relate to a view of the square painted in oils in the Museo Municipal in Madrid (inv. no. 3152). The contract specified that the print was to be sold at a price of seven reales without illumination and twenty-six reales with. It has been suggested that the print could have belonged to the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.73.15.c.