Description
This print shows a view on the city of Orliens, Orleans in France. In front an angry woman attacking 3 man drinking around a table.Text below in latin and german.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Daniel Meisner.
Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 14.5 x 10.3 cm (5.71 x 4.06 inch). Image size: 14.3 x 10 cm. (5.63 x 3.94 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Small chip in top paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ORLIENS-ORLEANS-LOIRE-CITY-FRANCE-EUROPE-DRINKING-MAN-ANGRY WOMAN | RBOS-A9-25
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in ‘Thesauri Philo-Politici’ / ‘Thesaurus Philopoliticus’ / ‘Politisches Schatzkastleins’. This work was originally created in the period 1623-1632 and consisted of 16 parts, first published separately and then together in 2 books of 8 parts ea. Altogether it had 830 prints. The authors of this work are Daniel Meisner (1585-1625) and Eberhart Kieser (1583-1631). Meisner was a Bohemian / German poet. Kieser a German publisher and engraver. Kieser probably engraved some of the plates himself , but he also used other well known engravers: Sebastian Furck, Georg Keller, Johann Eckard Loffler and Matthias Merian the elder.
Biography artist: Daniel Meisner (1585-1625) was a Bohemian / German poet.
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