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Die Statt Freyberg in Meissen sampt der Belägerung anno 1643
| Article ID | EUD3065 |
Title | Die Statt Freyberg in Meissen sampt der Belägerung anno 1643 |
Description | Splendid bird's eye view of the besieged city of Freiberg in 1643. 2 inset maps of St Peter's Gate and the city wall of Freiberg. |
| Year | ca. 1645 |
Artist | Merian (1593-1650) |
Matthäus Merian (1593 – 1650) , born in Basel, learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zurich and subsequently worked and studied in Strasbourg, Nancy, and Paris, before returning to Basel in 1615. The following year he moved to Frankfurt, Germany where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry. He married his daughter, Maria Magdalena 1617. In 1620 they moved back to Basel, only to return three years later to Frankfurt, where Merian took over the publishing house of his father-in-law after de Bry's death in 1623. In 1626 he became a citizen of Frankfurt and could henceforth work as an independent publisher. He is the father of Maria Sibylla Merian, who later published her the famous and wellknown studies of flowers, insects and butterflies. | |
| Place of Publication | Frankfurt on Main |
| Dimensions (cm) | 29 x 37 cm |
| Condition | Right and left marigins perfectly enlarged |
| Coloring | original colored |
| Technique | Copper print |
Reproduction:
27.00 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )