Description: Rare, published by Claude Savary & Barthelemy Gaultier, who were active as printmakers and publishers in Lyon between ca. 1625-1660. They published several sets of landscape prints in the manner of Jan van de Velde etc. Ref: After Hollstein 420.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Matthaeus Merian'. Matthaus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) learned the art of copper engraving in Zurich. He worked in various places throughout Europe, before returning to Basel in 1615. He moved to Frankfurt in Germany and worked for Johann Theodor de Bry, son of Theodor de Bry. Merian married de Bry's daughter Maria Magdalena, and continued to work for De Bry for a period. From 1623 Merian ran the publishing house of De Bry, after his father-in-law's death. He is mainly known for his Topographia Germaniae, a 21-volume town and country atlas which he produced with his son Matthaus the Younger.
Subject: Antique Master Print, untitled. A street scene with the sun setting.
Condition: Good, given age. Large margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 26 x 17.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15.9 x 11.7 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.2 x 6.9 inch. The image size is ca. 6.3 x 4.6 inch.
Medium: Engraving on laid paper.
Location: TPCLA-C31-33
SKU: 62209
Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS
