Goa: Merian 1646

Author: Matthäus Merian Date: 1646 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good + Inches: 15 x 12.5 [Paper] Centimeters: 38.1 x 31.8 [Paper] Product ID: 100743 Handsome birds-eye view of Goa in India by Matthaus Merian the Elder showing the city at the beginning of the 17th century. An abundance of ships occupy the harbor and an attractive cartouche describes 43 buildings throughout the city. Matthaus Merian the Elder was born in Basel, Switzerland on the 22nd of September 1593. He began his career in the arts with the engraver Friedrich Meyer in Zurich, where he studied copper engraving as well as drawing. In 1619 he went to Frankfurt and was employed by the well-known publisher Johann Theodor de Bry. He would go on to take over and complete two works started in 1590 by de Bry, Grand Voyages and Petit Voyages respectively. Merian the Elder is perhaps most known for the work he produced in partnership with Martin Zeiller titled Topographia, one of the largest publi