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Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus

Abraham Ortelius (Artist)
1595
handcolored engraving
(Renaissance Europe )

This is one of the earliest and most beautiful depictions of the East Indies islands, an important route for the Dutch maritime trade and connections with Europe and America.

Provenance
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W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, January 23, 1979, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.

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Geographies

Belgium, Antwerp (Place of Origin) South Asia (Place Depicted)

Measurements

Framed: H: 21 1/4 × W: 27 1/2 × D: 1 1/16 in. (54 × 69.9 × 2.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jean and Sidney Silber, 2011

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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93.162

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