Print Description
Medium: Etching with original hand-coloring on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 45.5 x 33.3 cm (17.91 x 13.11 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PRAGUE, CHARLES BRIDGE, PANORAMIC CITY VIEW, BOHEMIA, LORENZ JANSCHA, ARTARIA VIENNA, HISTORICAL PRINT, 18TH-CENTURY WATERCOLOR, CENTRAL EUROPE | EXPO-MAPS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Artaria, Vienna, 1790-1812.
Reference: Reference of original drawing: Nebehay/Wagner 1983, Bd. 2, S. 6, Nr. 2 (Albertina Signatur D-1036 Vues CSR Bohmen).
Biography engraver: Karl Postl (1769-1818) was an Austrian painter and printmaker active in Prague. He taught landscape painting at the Prague Academy and worked as a scenic painter for the Estates Theatre. His works, often blending classicism and romanticism, focused on panoramic city views. His students included Antonin Manes, a major figure in Czech landscape painting.
Biography artist: Lorenz Janscha (1749-1812) was an Austrian-Slovenian landscape painter, vedute drident and etcher.
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