Print Description
This print shows a view on the capital Paris in France. In front a few shepards praying while a soldier with a broken lancet in one hand and a stone int he other walks towards them.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Daniel Meisner.
Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 16 x 10.2 cm (6.3 x 4.02 inch). Image size: 15.8 x 10 cm. (6.22 x 3.94 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brownish spots. Creases in corners. Remains of paper tape in corners on reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PARIS-CITY-CAPITAL-FRANCE-EUROPE-SHEPARDS-SOLDIER | RBOS-A9-25
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in ‘Thesauri Philo-Politici’ / ‘Thesaurus Philopoliticus’ / ‘Politisches Schatzkastleins’. This work was originally created in the period 1623-1632 and consisted of 16 parts, first published separately and then together in 2 books of 8 parts ea. Altogether it had 830 prints. The authors of this work are Daniel Meisner (1585-1625) and Eberhart Kieser (1583-1631). Meisner was a Bohemian / German poet. Kieser a German publisher and engraver. Kieser probably engraved some of the plates himself , but he also used other well known engravers: Sebastian Furck, Georg Keller, Johann Eckard Loffler and Matthias Merian the elder.
Biography artist: Daniel Meisner (1585-1625) was a Bohemian / German poet.
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