Wien 1609 1640 ArM

Autor:

Jacob Hoefnagel (1609) / Claes Jansz Visscher (1640)
(uploaded by Contributor, reworked by ArtMechanic)

Shortlink:

https://czwiki.cz/b/34d5e

Zdroj:

Wikimedia Commons

Formát:

3818 x 1852 Pixel (2360703 Bytes)

Popis:

Bird's-eye view of Vienna from North. Second, unmodified edition of 1640, based on the first edition of 1609.

Copperplate print and etching, composed of 3 x 2 sheets. Original size: 795 x 1595 mm.

Title: VIENNA AVSTRIAE Wienn In Oesterreich. The text is flanked by the coat of arms of the dukedom (left) and the city Vienna (right). The fine print at the bottom-right reads Vißcher excudit. I. Houfnagel fecit.. The logo at far bottom-right contains a dedication to Kaiser Ferdinand III.

Characteristic features:

• One of earliest bird's-eye views of a city, as opposed to the previously dominating profile views.
• Detailed display of the city and its sourrounding landscape
• Shows the then still medieval appearance of the city before the paradigm shift to baroque style.
• Shows the nearly finished fortification of the city, intended as a defense against the Osman Empire. (The part of the old city wall facing the danube side isn't yet strengthened / rebuilt)

Licence:

Public domain

Credit:

Graphische Sammlung Albertina (Hrsg.): Oesterreich in alten Ansichten. - Veduten aus der Zeit von 1490 bis 1850. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1977, Tafel 3

Original: Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Inv. Nr. 31043

Sdílet obrázek: