VENICE - SAN LORENZO, 18th century, Parlour in the Cloister of San Lorenzo (the nuns stay behind the grille, and talk to visitors), engraving at 1722 , publisher Pieter van der Laa (1659-Leiden-1733), from: Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historium Italiae, vol. IX, by, Johann Georg Graverius (1632-1703).

Pieter van der Aa, also Peter van der Aa (* 1659 in Leiden; † August 1733 ibid) was a Dutch printer, publisher and bookseller.

Full biography of the etcher read in Wikipedia under following link:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_der_Aa

Literature: Aa (Pierre van der). In: Nouvelle biographie générale, vol. 1 (1852), col. 1f.; Aa (Pieter Boudewijnszn. van der), in: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), vol. 1 (1911), pp. 7f. (online) (Dutch).

Inscriptions: titled under image in 3 languages.

Technique: engraving on paper, gilt frame.

Measurements: sheet 15 3/4" x 12"(40 x 30,5 cm); plate 20 1/4" x  16"(51, 5 x 40,5 cm); framed 21" x 16 2/3"(53,5 x 42,5 cm).

Condition: good.