Follower of Matthäus Merian the Elder
Panoramic View of London seen from the South Bank of the Thames
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Follower of Matthäus Merian the Elder
Panoramic View of London seen from the South Bank of the Thames
Pen and brown ink within brown ink framing lines, on two joined sheets of paper;
inscribed in brown ink, upper centre: LONDRES
183 by 674 mm
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 July 2009, lot 120
This view is taken from Merian's engraving of 1638, published in the Neue Archontologia Cosmica, a collection of descriptions of cities and countries across the world with accompanying maps and views. As was common with many topographical artists, Merian had never visited London but derived his view from that published by Claes Jansz. Visscher circa 1620. Merian's print was widely circulated and copied by many.1
1.See M. Warner, The Image of London, Views by Travellers and Emigrés 1550-1920, exh. cat., London, Barbican Art Gallery, 1987, p. 104, cat. 8
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