France · 18th century
€ 93
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Antique print titled 'Ein Frantzösches Sommer Haus zu Ende eines Lust Gartens (..)'. Copper engraving showing a French garden summer house. This print originates from a series of garden elements by J. Schübler. Artists and Engravers: Johann Jacob Schübler was a German artist and architect. As a child he was apprenticed as a copperplate engraver. Between 1705 and 1713 he traveled through Germany, England, Denmark and the Netherlands, then returned to Nuremberg, where he remained thereafter. In 1717, he erected a triumphal arch for the court in Sulzbach. Schübler published numerous writings on architectural theory. He was admitted as a foreign member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1734 and in 1736 was named the Greater Council of the City of Nuremberg.
Artist: Johann Jacob Schübler was a German artist and architect. As a child he was apprenticed as a copperplate engraver. Between 1705 and 1713 he traveled through Germany, England, Denmark and the Netherlands, then returned to Nuremberg, where he remained thereafter. In 1717, he erected a triumphal arch for the court in Sulzbach. Schübler published numerous writings on architectural theory. He was admitted as a foreign member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1734 and in 1736 was named the Greater Council of the City of Nuremberg.
Condition: Fair, some defects and creasing. Please study image carefully.
Date: c.1724
Overall size: 24.5 x 41 cm.
Image size: 0.001 x 16.5 x 26 cm.
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