Name: Antique Master Print-LOERCH?TOWN VIEW-Merian-1620
SKU: PICTURA-08924
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Antique Master Print-LOERCH?TOWN VIEW-Merian-1620

€195.00

‘LETTERED LOWER RIGHT: M. MERIAN FEC.; P. AUBRY EXCUD.; TITLED TOP LEFT: LORCH.’

– View of the town of Lorch with half-timbered houses, figures, animals, woodcutting scene, and castle in background.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 15 x 9 cm (5.91 x 3.54 inch). Image size: 15 x 9 cm. (5.91 x 3.54 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Rear: remains of paper at top from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

TOPOGRAPHY, CITY VIEW, LOERCH, ARCHITECTURE, MERIAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY | EXPO-GERMAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From the series Landsch?ftlein vom Oberrhein, consisting of 6 sheets by Matth?us Merian, published by Peter Aubry II (1596-1666), a Strasbourg publisher active in the first half of the 17th century.

State: III (4).

Reference: Hollst. 364, 367, 368, 369.

Provenance: Ex collection Laurentius.

Biography engraver: Matthaus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) was a Swiss engraver and publisher, best known for his detailed town views and maps. He worked in Frankfurt and produced the famous Topographia Germaniae.