- Object type
- Prints and Drawings
- Date
- Production: 1682 - 1733
- Printmaker
- Romeyn de Hoogh (1645 - 1708)
- Inscriptions
-
recto: Onderaerse Gront op Malta
recto: Plate 1, Page 115
- Dimensions
- Height x width (paper size): 208 x 312mm
- Materials and technique
- Ink on paper
- Production place
- Netherlands
- Related place(s)
- Malta
- Catalogue number
- 951
Under the earth in Malta
This print would have been part of a publication exploring everyday scenes from around the world through the lens of a European observer. This scene shows one of many cave dwellings in Malta, some inhabited from antiquity until as recently as the 19th century. The caves attracted great interest from tourists keen to see the dwellings that supported whole communities.