Price: $100.00
SKU: 27617
ARTIST: George Matthaus Seutter
MEDIUM: Handcolored engraving,
DATE: c.1735.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 11/16 x 10 3/16" (220 x 258 mm).
DESCRIPTION: A view of Wismar, Germany, and its port into the Baltic Sea. Lists of prominent structures appear in the top left and right corners. One of the great 18th century German cartographic families was the Seutters. George Mattaus Seutter the elder was an apprentice to Johann B. Homann, (another great German cartographer who's style was a big influence), in the late 17th century. He left Homann and settled in Augsburg where he set up his own shop. Later joined by his son, Albrecht, who continued the firm in partnership with Tobias C. Lotter upon his fathers death.
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CONDITION: Good condition and color.
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