Antique Print-GERMANY-KLEVE-CLIVIAM-Braun-Hogenberg-1572

Original copperplate engraving / etching on a verge type hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 28.5 x 18 cm. The image size is ca. 26.5 x 15.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 11.2 x 7.1 inch. The image size is ca. 10.4 x 6.1 inch.

Plate : ‘Cliviam’. (Kleve.) This plate shows a view of the city of Kleve, Germany. This original antique print originates from: ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum.’, by Braun and Hogenberg, published ca. 1572.Artists and Engravers: Georg Braun, born 1542 and Frans Hogenberg, born around 1536, German publishers and engravers, have issued the famous six volume town book “Civitates Orbis Terrarum” between 1572 and 1618. The volumes originally published in Latin, follow by German and French translations. The plates passed to Jan Janssonius who reissued the town books in 1657 while removing the costume figures on the plates. Braun died in 1622, Hogenberg in 1588.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning. Rear blank. Please study scans carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-GERMANY-KLEVE-CLIVIAM-BRAUN-HOGENBERG

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