Antique Master Print-MAN-WITH-DOG-HUNTING-Merian-1625

Landscape of the “aristocratic society’s preferred sparse forests for hunting.”

Made by Matthaus Merian after own design.

Medium: Copper plate engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.9 x 9.5 cm (8.23 x 3.74 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some thin paper spots. Slight paper loss at left left. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MAN-WITH-DOG-HUNTING | PCO-C43-23

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Matthaus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) was a Swiss engraver and publisher. He published numerous maps, views of cities and chronicles. His main work is the Topographia Germaniae.