Name: Antique Master Print-VATICAN-COLONNA-ANTONIANA-ROME-PL.24-Kuesel-Baur-1670
SKU: PICTURA-12302
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Antique Master Print-VATICAN-COLONNA-ANTONIANA-ROME-PL.24-Kuesel-Baur-1670

€150.00

‘I. WBAUR INV.’ / ‘CUM PRIVILEGIO S. C. M.’ / ‘MELCHIOR KUSEL FE. AUGUSTAE VIND.’ / ’24’ / CAPTION: ‘EIN GESICHTE VON DE? BAPSTS PALLAZZ IN VATICANO SAMBT DER COLONNA ANTONIANA.”

– Architectural view of the Vatican Palace in Rome with the Colonna Antoniana (Column of Marcus Aurelius) prominently rising before the palace complex. The scene presents monumental Renaissance and Baroque buildings, terraces with balustrades, statues, and landscaped surroundings, rendered in a refined topographical style.

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SKU: PICTURA-12302 Categories: Italy, Landscapes Tag: Landscape

Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 15.9 x 22.2 cm (6.26 x 8.74 inch). Image size: 13.6 x 20.9 cm. (5.35 x 8.23 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Waterstaining, which we can remove on request. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MELCHIOR KUSEL, JOHANN WILHELM BAUR, VATICAN PALACE, COLONNA ANTONIANA, ROME, ARCHITECTURAL VIEW, ICONOGRAPHIA, 17TH CENTURY ETCHING | PCO-C49-35

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: Johann Wilhelm Baur, Iconographia (also called “Miniatures de l’Empereur”), engraved and published by Melchior Kusel, Augsburg, c. 1670-1671 (plate 18).

Reference: Hollstein 301-446 (series); Musei Civici di Arte e Storia, Brescia.

Biography engraver: Melchior Kuesel (1626-1684) was a German engraver from Augsburg, known for his work after Johann Wilhelm Baur and illustrations for Bibles and classical subjects. He was the father-in-law of engraver Johann Ulrich Kraus.

Biography artist: Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1640), also known as Joan Guiliam Bouwer, was a German engraver and miniature painter noted for his watercolors and etchings of architectural fantasy and classical themes. He traveled to Italy and died in Vienna while working for Ferdinand III.