Print Description
Etching shows a ship docked near a porticoed building, with figures disembarking and conversing. The architectural details are finely rendered, showing Venetian grandeur.
Made by Melchior K?sel after Johann Wilhelm Baur.
Medium: Etching on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 21.5 x 14.9 cm (8.46 x 5.87 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 14.9 cm. (8.46 x 5.87 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
VENICE, ITALIAN PORTS, DISEMBARKMENT, 17TH CENTURY, MELCHIOR K?SEL, JOHANN WILHELM BAUR, COLONIA BUILDING, ETCHING, ARCHITECTURAL PRINT | EXPO-432
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Italian Ports, Gardens, and Palaces; Iconographia.
Reference: Meyer, p. 155; H. 301-446.
Biography engraver: Melchior K?sel (1626-1683), a German etcher and engraver from Augsburg, known for his architectural and topographical prints, as well as adaptations of works by other artists like Baur.
Biography artist: Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1641), a German artist celebrated for his landscape and architectural drawings, particularly views of Italian cities.
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