• Vintage map of Middelburg with fortifications and layout
  • Vintage map of a city with buildings and streets
  • Vintage-style map with tree patterns and decorative elements
  • Coat of arms with a lion and a crown on a textured beige background
  • Close-up of a textured beige surface with a square cutout
  • Vintage illustration of a landscape with trees and a path on a beige background
  • Vintage illustration of a monkey on a chair with a yellow cushion on a textured beige background
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Ancient map of Middelburg, Netherlands, 1657

SKU:  195184

Ancient map of Middelburg, Netherlands, 1657

€54,09 EUR
€54,09 EUR
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Jan Jansson’s Middelburgum (1657) is an elegant copper-engraved bird’s-eye view of Middelburg, the capital of Zeeland and one of the wealthiest cities of the Dutch Republic during the 17th century. Published in Jansson’s celebrated “Theatrum Urbium” or as part of his expanded town-book series, the plate exemplifies the refined urban cartography that characterized Amsterdam’s great publishing houses at the height of the Dutch Golden Age.

The city is presented from an elevated oblique perspective, revealing Middelburg’s distinctive star-shaped fortifications, broad canals, and meticulously planned urban structure that developed under both medieval and Renaissance influences. The powerful circular harbor and the surrounding waterways emphasize the city’s role as a major maritime and commercial hub for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Warehouses, docks, and merchant facilities are clearly rendered, underscoring Middelburg’s economic vitality in the decades following the Eighty Years’ War.

Prominent architectural landmarks are crisply engraved, including the Abbey complex, the soaring Lange Jan tower, the Town Hall, and various churches and guild structures that attest to the city’s civic pride and wealth. Streets and residential quarters are shown with great regularity, conveying the order and prosperity associated with Zeeland’s thriving textile, trade, and shipbuilding industries.

The composition typically includes a decorative title cartouche, often bearing coats of arms or allegorical motifs, along with a clear lettered key identifying important buildings and features. Jansson’s engravers achieved a harmonious blend of accuracy and artistry, producing a view that served both as a practical urban reference and an object of aesthetic admiration for contemporary collectors.

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Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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