Treysa Schwalmstadt Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Hessen Merian Copper Engraving 1650
Specifications
| Country | Germany |
| Brand | Unbranded |
Frankfurt am Main approx. 1650. Beautiful original copper engraving by Matthäus Merian from approx. 1650. -- Sheet format: approx. 15x20cm. -slightly stained, otherwise in good condition. || Matthäus Merian the Elder was a Swiss-German engraver and publisher. He was born in Basel in 1593. He published numerous maps, city views and chronicles. His main work is the Topographia Germaniae. He learned drawing, engraving and etching from the Zurich engraver Friedrich Meyer. From 1610 to 1615 he studied and worked in Strasbourg with Friedrich Brentel and in Paris with Jacques Callot, among others. His famous large city map of Basel was created in 1615. After his travels via Augsburg, Stuttgart and the Netherlands, Merian came to Frankfurt am Main and Oppenheim in 1616, where he worked for the p.