Cyprus Insula (Island of Cyprus)
Artist
Peter Schenk the Elder
(1660 Elberfeld, Germany - 1711 Leipzig, Germany)
Dateca. 1690
Mediumengraving on paper
Dimensions19 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (49.5 × 59.1 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.44
DescriptionThis map of the Island of Cyrpus contains colored decorations in the margins and a figure in the lower right. The map is framed with a scale." To the left of this is a coat of arms. There is a shield with three crescent moons on it, topped with a crown with red fabric. Between "ME" and "DITER" there is another coat of arms. This one is a shield with four quadrants, topped with a crown. The right two quadrants each have a red lion in them. The lower left quadrant has a black lion in it, and the upper left quadrant has a Jerusalem cross in it. In the lower right corner of the map, there is an illustration of a naked woman and a cherub on a chariot being pulled by two swans.On View
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