Antique Map of Brussels (1735) — Matthaeus Seutter, Bruxellae Belgii Caput et Ducatus Brabantiae map art this piece captures Central Europe

this piece captures Central Europe as it stood in the age of empire and discovery

Drawn from Greenleaf’s New Universal Atlas

this engraved and hand-colored map presents Ireland as represented in the Imperial Parliament of the early 19th century

Relief is shown with delicate hachures

Antique Map of Brussels (1735) — Matthaeus Seutter, Bruxellae Belgii Caput et Ducatus Brabantiae map art this piece captures Central EuropeA magnificent hand colored copperplate map of Brussels, engraved and published in Augsburg circa 1735 by Matthaeus Seutter, one of the most celebrated cartographers of the German Baroque. Titled Bruxellae Belgii Cathol Ornamentum et Ducatus Brabantiae, this map depicts Brussels as the flourishing capital of Brabant, enclosed by its elaborate star shaped fortifications and bastions. The plan divides the city into color coded districts, meticulously