594 - LE BRUN, CORNELUIS

LE BRUN, CORNELUIS Featuring the first large-format prints of the Apadana of Darius the Great at Persepolis. Part of the work: "Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales" (Travels of Corneille Le Brun through Muscovy, Persia, and the Eastern Indies). Cornelis De Bruyn (1652–1726) was a Dutch painter and traveler. In 1677, he traveled to the Near East, visiting Turkey, several Greek islands, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus. In 1701, he made his second journey from the Netherlands to Russia, continuing his travels to Persia and the Dutch East Indies.