• 1654 Matthäus Merian - ‘bird’s eye’ view of WETTINGEN in Switzerland
  • 1654 Matthäus Merian - ‘bird’s eye’ view of WETTINGEN in Switzerland
  • 1654 Matthäus Merian - ‘bird’s eye’ view of WETTINGEN in Switzerland
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1654 Matthäus Merian - ‘bird’s eye’ view of WETTINGEN in Switzerland

1654 Matthäus Merian - ‘bird’s eye’ view of WETTINGEN in Switzerland

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WETTINGEN

Vogelschau, ‘bird’s eye’ view

Matthäus Merian

"Monat. B. Mariae Maristellae alias WETTINGEN…"

Copper engraving form 1654

Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family.

Wettingen is a residential community in the district of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The former Cistercian abbey at Klosterstrasse 11 and the neolithic stone-lined graves at Schartenstrasse 77 are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

Overall size with margins: 19 x 17.5 cm. Neatly laid down (as often) on contemporary card.

Excellent condition on fine laid paper

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