Caption
Frescoes on 'The Three Moors House' Augsburg, Fresco on a facade of the former residence of Hans Jakob Fugger in Augsburg, photograph, Part of a travel album with photographs of Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Germany., Augsburg, c. 1860 - c. 1890, photographer, Bavaria, paper, albumen print, height 118 mm x width 203 mm, painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting) (plaster, arts), A rectangular architectural panel shows a decorative facade with a horizontal arrangement of windows and figurative murals; the top register features a frieze of ornate scrollwork and stylized motifs above a row of plain windows, beneath which a painted scene depicts robed figures standing and conversing, a mounted horse with a rider, and groups of people gesturing and interacting; the central band contains tall windows separated by ornate vertical panels filled with intricate foliage and figure decorations, each window having patterned panes and some draped curtains; the lower strip displays small vignette scenes of children and adults engaged in various activities against a plain background; decorative pilasters with sculptural scrolls and cherubic figures flank the left and right edges of the panel.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A80_216
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