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Cornelis de Bruyn

1652–1727

Cornelis de Bruyn was a Dutch artist, writer, and traveler who published two books about his trips to the Middle East. De Bruyn studied painting in the Hague. A wealthy patron paid for his first trip abroad in 1674, to Italy, Izmir, Asia Minor, and Egypt. In 1684, he returned and went to live in Venice, where he continued to study painting. In 1698, after returning to the Hague, he published the first edition of his travelogue (Reizen van Corn. de Bruyn door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus enz. mitsg. de voornaamste steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina, Delft, 1698) which included 215 engravings as illustrations. In 1701, de Bruyn left on a second journey, to Russia, Persia, and the Dutch Indies. He published an illustrated account of this journey in 1711.

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Jewish Woman in Izmir, Turkey.

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This engraving depicting a Jewish woman in Izmir, Turkey, is from Cornelis de Bruyn’s travelogue, Reizen van Corn. de Bruyn door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus…

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Jewish woman in Cairo

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This engraving depicting a Jewish woman in Cairo, Egypt, is from Cornelis de Bruyn’s travelogue, Reizen van Corn de Bruyn door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus…

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Jewish Man in Cairo

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This engraving depicting a Jewish man in Cairo, Egypt is from Cornelis de Bruyn’s travelogue, Reizen van Corn. de Bruyn door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus enz…