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Antique Master Print-ZU MENTZ (MAINZ)?VIEW ON THE RHINE-Merian-1620

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€195.00

‘LETTERED UPPER RIGHT: ZU MENTZ; BOTTOM: M. MERIAN FEC. AND P. AUBRY EXCUD.’

– View of Mainz on the Rhine, with sailing and rowing boats, a crane, city walls, towers, and churches in the background. In the foreground figures converse on the road, and boats with passengers approach the shore.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 14.7 x 9.1 cm (5.79 x 3.58 inch). Image size: 14.7 x 9.1 cm. (5.79 x 3.58 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Rear: remains of paper at top from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

TOPOGRAPHY, CITY VIEW, MAINZ, RHINE, MERIAN, 17TH CENTURY | EXPO-GERMAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From the series Landsch?ftlein vom Oberrhein, consisting of 6 sheets by Matth?us Merian, published by Peter Aubry II (1596-1666), a Strasbourg publisher active in the first half of the 17th century.

State: III (4).

Reference: Hollst. 364, 367, 368, 369.

Provenance: Ex collection Laurentius.

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Biography engraver: Matthaus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) was a Swiss engraver and publisher, best known for his detailed town views and maps. He worked in Frankfurt and produced the famous Topographia Germaniae.

Additional information

Dimensions 9 × 14 × 1 cm

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