PROBST, George Balthasar (1673-1748) – Prospectus portus marini Insulæ Melitæ – 1760c

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PROBST, George Balthasar (1673-1748) – 1760c

Title of View: Prospectus portus marini Insulæ Melitæ
Vüe du port de l’Isle de Malte.
Veduta del porto della Isola di Malta.
Prospect des Meer Hafens der Insul Malta

Area Depicted: A view of Valetta Harbour, looking seawards. In the foreground are soldiers, longshoremen bringing ashore trade goods and Turks smoking. Shipwrights can be seen working on a ship’s hull on the left, and a ship at anchor flies the Maltese Cross.

Place: Augsburg

Year: c.1760

Engraving size: 273 x 410
317 x 285mm  ex text

Printing method: copper engraving