Print Description
The castle of Zoelen.
Made by Eberhart Kieser after Meisner.
Medium: Engraving / Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 25 x 20.6 cm (9.84 x 8.11 inch). Image size: 19.2 x 16 cm. (7.56 x 6.3 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, soilng and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
THE CASTLE OF ZOELEN-SOELEN | PCO-E14-28
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 engraver: Daniel Meisner (1585-1625) was a Bohemian / German poet.
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