PCT-54821

Antique Print of the City of Coevorden (1683)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Original folds, as issued. A small tear in the top of one of the folds, backed on the verso with paper and acid-free archival tape. Small imperfections in the margins. A small stain and faint soiling in the top edge of the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1683
  • Overall size: 27.4 x 19.9 cm.
  • Image size: 25.9 x 17.9 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the City of Coevorden (1683)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Eroberung der Statt Coverden und Castel.' - The siege of the city Coevorden and castle on December 30, 1672. This scene based on a painting by Pieter Wouwerman. "Hollandischer Mercurius …", Frankfurt: J.W. Ammon & W.Serlin, 1672. The illustrations in this particular work are woodcuts after the etchings of Matthaus Merian.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Matthaus Merian'. Matthaus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) was born in Basel. He studied drawing and copper engraving from the engraver Friedrich Meyer in Zurich. 1619 he went to Frankfurt where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry, whose daughter he married. He took over and completed the editions of "Grand Voyages" and "Petit Voyages" which de Bry started in 1590. Together with Martin Zeiller he produced the popular series of "Topographia" with total 21 volumes. The work was continued by his sons Matthaus the Younger and Caspar.