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Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard (1656 in Graz - 1723 in Vienna): "Fundamental plan and prospect of a country building which again..." original copper engraving ca.27x42cm (representation/image size) on handmade paper/hand made paper (40x52cm) based on a drawing by Fischer von Erlachs; titled and inscribed in German and French on the plate; Plate XX from the fourth volume of Fischer von Erlach's monumental opus "Draft of a Historical Architecture" Vienna 1721

The decorative sheet with brown and damp stains on the right margin. With a tiny "worm hole" on the lower left edge, as well as on the outer right and upper deckle edge. Copper engraving on the right side brownspotted and dampstained. On the lower left edge as well as on the right and upper side with a tiny "wormhole".

"Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) established the leading position of German late Baroque in Europe with his buildings in Vienna and Salzburg. Among his most important achievements in Vienna are the Karlskirche, the library of the Hofburg, the winter palace of Prince Eugene and the Palais Trautson. In Salzburg he made a name for himself with church buildings such as the Trinity Church and the Collegiate Church. In addition to his European importance as an architect, there is the equal theorist Fischer von Erlach. With his engraving "Draft of Historical Architecture" published in 1721, he continued the tradition of the classic architectural treatises, but at the same time designed his vision of world architecture, which culminated in his own works. He not only places his own buildings on an equal footing with the famous works of antiquity, in them he sums up all previous architecture and thereby even surpasses antiquity." (www.barockmuseum.at).

In the first 3 parts, historical and legendary buildings and cities are shown or explored. reconstructed, including the seven wonders of the world (the hanging gardens in Babylon, the Egyptian pyramids, the miraculous image of Olympian Zeus v. Phidias, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the lighthouse on the island of Pharos ), Nero's villa, Diocletian's palace in Split, Palmyra, Stonehenge, Isola Borromea in Lake Maggiore, Hungarian and Turkish mosques, Mecca and Medina, Siam, Beijing and Nanking. In the most important 4. Part are the own buildings Fischer v. Erlach shown, e.g. B. Schönbrunn, the Karlskirche, the palaces of Prince Eugen, Prince Trautson and Count Gallas in Vienna, the Liebfrauenkirche and the Neue Favorite in Salzburg, etc. These engravings are of high documentary value because the actual designs do not differ significantly from the drafts shown here. Part 5 contains illustrations of ancient and modern vases, some from Mirabell Palace in Salzburg. The executing engravers were JU Kraus, JA Delsenbach, C. Engelbrecht and JA Pfeffel.

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