Antique Master Print-VIEW-OF-PRAGUE-Postl-Janscha-1818

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. Minor foxing, well-preserved colors and details. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PRAGUE, BOHEMIA, PANORAMIC CITY VIEW, KARL POSTL, ARTARIA VIENNA, HISTORICAL PRINT, 19TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING, ARCHITECTURE, CENTRAL EUROPE | EXPO-MAPS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Artaria, Vienna, 1818.

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.