Vue perspective du Marche au Vin vers l’Eglise de S. Ulrie le long du Magazin du Sel Auguste a Augsbourg.

Title

Vue perspective du Marche au Vin vers l’Eglise de S. Ulrie le long du Magazin du Sel Auguste a Augsbourg.

Description

Decorative view of the Hercules spring in the Maxstreet of Augsburg.

ca. 1740

Artist

Basset (1750-1840)

Basset was a Paris print publisher, printseller, wallpaper manufacturer and the son of André Basset. He married in 1787 and was very active during the revolutionary period. He was situated in Paris at rue Saint Jacques no.64 ), his firm remained at least until 1885.

Historical Description

Augsburg's peak boom years occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries thanks to the bank and metal businesses of the merchant families Fugger and Welser, who held a local near total monopoly on their respective industries. Augsburg's wealth attracted artists seeking patrons and rapidly became a creative centre for famous painters, sculptors and musicians notably birthplace of : the Holbein painter family. In later centuries the city was the birthplace of the composer Leopold Mozart and the playwright Berthold Brecht. Rococo became so prevalent that it became known as “Augsburg style” throughout Germany.In 1806, when the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved, Augsburg lost its independence and was annexed to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1817, the city became an administrative capital of the Oberdon, , then administrative capital in 1837 for the district Swabia and Neuburg.