Keywords: 1698 de Bruijin View of Rama, Israel (Palestine, Holy Land) - Geographicus - Rama-bruijn-1698.jpg A rare 1698 view of w en Ramla by Dutch artist Cornelius de Bruijin Depicts the city as well as the nearby caravan staging grounds Arab horsemen and tent camps decorate the foreground This view was most likely rendered in secret during de Bruijin ™s second world tour The Holy Land was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire who imposed strict limitations on pilgrims and tourist from Europe It is highly unlikely that de Bruijin would have been allowed to make sketches of the region openly 1698 undated painting Size in 25 9 5 Misidentification http //www oldworldauctions com/archives/detail/138-737 htm ; http //www raremaps com/gallery/detail/27262 view print <br/>Correct http //www livius org/bn-bz/bruijn/cornelis_de_bruijn2 html israel ; http //www jnul huji ac il/dl/maps/pal/html/eng/pal002369557 htm<br/>Rama in connection with nearby Jaffa http //books google co il/books id jDNB294N7AcC pg PA57 dq cornelis+de+bruijn hl en sa X ei 7kKCUYjcGIaK0AWYpoCwDw redir_esc y v onepage q rama f false object history credit line accession number Rama-bruijn-1698 User Multichill/Geographicus/cartographers bruijin txt Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Historical pictures of Ramla Cornelis de Bruyn 1698 paintings Israel in art |