CYPRVS INSVLA....

A very attractive copper line engraved chart of the island of Cyprus. The chart was published by Schenk and Valck in Amsterdam, circa 1690. The map has a compass rose and a large decorative cartouche.

Measures 370 x 490 mm.

Excellent condition with original hand colour.

GERARD VALCK

Gerard Valck was born in Amsterdam on 30 September 1652. He was a student of Abraham Blooteling and later married Blooteling's sister. He went to London with Blooteling in 1672 and may have remained there until 1680. Valck engraved many portraits of English nobility and worked frequently with Blooteling. In Amsterdam, he had a close partnership with his son Leonardus Valck and Peter Schenk the Elder, who married Gerard's sister in 1687. Valck also published atlases, maps, printed globes and prints of other things. He died in Amsterdam on 21 October 1726.

 PETER SCHENK

Peter Schenk was born in 1660 in Elberfeld. He moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and became a student of Gerard Valck specializing in mezzotint. In 1687, Schenk married Gerard's sister Agatha Valck. In 1694, together with Valck, he bought some of the copperplates of the art dealer and cartographer Johannes Janssonius.

Until 1700, he lived in the Jordaan, then he moved to Dam Square or to Leipzig, where he opened a shop, selling maps and art. He was a regular visitor to the trade fair Leipziger Messe in Leipzig, where he died. He had three sons who became engravers. His eldest son Peter Schenk the Younger was also a noted cartographer and art dealer who continued his father's shop in Leipzig. His sons Jan and Leonard stayed in Amsterdam and probably continued their father's workshop. His daughter Maria married Leonard Valck, the son of Gerard, who continued Gerard's workshop. Wikipedia.