by Hailey Grayson
Antique Prints & Decorative Art
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving titled “Merchant of Java”. This illustration was created by the renowned Dutch explorer Joan Nieuhof for his landmark 1682 travelogue. The piece is also in a Javanese frame, hand-carved from local hardwood with Indonesian motifs. A meeting of the European artistic perspective and Javanese heritage.
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Original hand-colored copperplate engraving titled “Merchant of Java”.
This illustration was created by the renowned Dutch explorer Joan Nieuhof for his landmark 1682 travelogue.
The piece is also in a Javanese frame, hand-carved from local hardwood with Indonesian motifs.
A meeting of the European artistic perspective and Javanese heritage.
