Hofstede van Essen, Gerard
Gerard Hofstede van Essen (fl. 1690-1720) was a German/Dutch artist and traveler, active in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He is only known by a handful of works attributed to him: views of Persepoli, Isfahan, and Naqsh-i Rustam in Iran; his c. 1713 'A Prospect of Constantinople;' his 1693 painted view of the newly-discovered ruins of Palmyra, and the printed view based on his own life-drawing of those ruins. Hofstede is understood to have accompanied William Halifax's 1691 expedition to Palmyra from Aleppo, where Hofstede was living at the time.
First European View of the Ancient City of Palmyra.
A View of the Ruines of Palmyra alias Tadmor, taken on the Southern Side.
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This fascinating 1695 engraving is the first published view of the ruined city of Palmyra, Syria. It captures the first extended visit to Palmyra by Western European explorers, undertaken in 1691 by British cleric William Halifax. The view is understood to be the work of Gerard Hofstede van Essen, a German-born Dutch artist who lived and worked in Aleppo at the end of the 17th century. (more details)