PETER SCHENK, Flandria nova descriptio, ca 1700
County Flanders from the North Sea to Zeeland and Brabant. Cities such as Bruges, Ghent, Kortrijk, Hulst, Aalst, Tournai, Dunkirk, Ostend, Axel, Sas van Gent, Terneuzen, Middelburg, Goes, Vlissingen, Bergen op Zoom, Ieper, Antwerp, Brussels and Mechelen are shown on the map of this area of Belgium.
Petrus Schenck (Elberfeld, Wuppertal December 26, 1660 - Leipzig, Saxony 1711) was a German engraver and mapmaker. During the first half of the 18th century, Schenck was one of the most important figures in Saxon cartography.The mapmaker entered the service of the Amsterdam engraver and map publisher Gerard Valck. Schenck lived in the Jordaan on the Lauriergracht in amsterdam. The couple had six children, all of whom were baptized in the Westerkerk.
Around 1700, he settled in Leipzig as a globetrotter, mapmaker and art dealer.
Art for sale. Shop with photos and art as wall decoration. Posters, metal (aluminium or steel), glass, canvas, photo print, wood, framed, canvas, photo wallpaper or garden canvas.
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Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany