Rare-Antique Print-GENEVA-GENFF-PANORAMIC VIEW-WOODCUT-Anonymous-Schedel-1493

Panoramic view onto Geneva, Switzerland. Rear text with portrait woodcuts. At right Manes S. Fetzer, from Persia.

Made by Anonymous after Hartmann Schedel.

Medium: Woodcut on hand laid (verge type) paper. Watermark: fragment.

Sheet size: 22.8 x 15 cm (8.98 x 5.91 inch). Image size: 22.3 x 14.4 cm. (8.78 x 5.67 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Trimmed to image of Geneva. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GENEVA-GENFF-PANORAMIC VIEW-WOODCUT | PCO-A18-22

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a 1493 ed. published by Koberger.

Biography engraver: Author: Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514).

Biography artist: Engravers active in this work were: Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Albrecht Durer was active with Wolgemut from 1486-1490, so could have participated as well.