Antique Print – MONTH OF APRIL-GARDENING-MERIAN after AUBRY – c.1622

APRILIS

Etching / engraving on hand laid (vergé) paper.
Sheet size: 21,4 x 17 cm. (8,4 x 6,7 inch). Image size: 17 x 13,5 cm. (6,7 x 5,3 inch).

Published c.1622. Provenance: Ex. Collection van der Grinten This item has not been fully described / researched. Please inquire for possible available additional information. Any input appreciated.

Made by ‘Matthäus Merian’ after ‘Peter Aubry’. Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) learned the art of copper engraving in Zurich. He worked in various places throughout Europe, before returning to Basel in 1615. He moved to Frankfurt in Germany and worked for Johann Theodor de Bry, son of Theodor de Bry. Merian married de Bry’s daughter Maria Magdalena, and continued to work for De Bry for a period. From 1623 Merian ran the publishing house of De Bry, after his father-in-law’s death. He is mainly known for his Topographia Germaniae, a 21-volume town and country atlas which he produced with his son Matthäus the Younger. Peter Aubry I (active 1609, d.1628).

Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: MONTH OF APRIL-GARDENING

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