Artist: Olfert Dapper (1636 - 1689). Olfert Dapper was a Dutch physician and writer
Title: Chios. Chios, traditionally known as Scio in English, is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea.
Titled in plate: Chios.
Dimensions: Image 11 1/2" x 14". Sheet 12" x 14 1/4".
Publisher: Abraham Wolfgang, active 1658-1694.
Edition: Olfert Dapper. Naukeurige Beschryving der Eilanden in de Archipel der Middelantsche Zee, Cyprus, Rhodes, Kandien, Samos, Scio, Negroponte, Lemnos, Paros, Delos, Patmos, en andere, in groten getale. Amsterdam, Wolfgangh, 1688.
Date: 1688.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper, folded as issued.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: no.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: A hole l.r., a torn vertical central fold. Two more tears u.m. Tanned. Scattered foxing. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C.
Notes: Poet Homer was from Chios. "A blind old man of Scio's rocky isle."