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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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

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

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

93.162

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