Six views of Italy with tomb walls, Title print for a series of landscapes, Painterly-radiated Prospect of Italy, Italian landscapes with monuments, print, title print, Nuremberg, publisher: Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, 1792, printmaker, Bavaria, paper, letterpress printing, height 208 mm x width 224 mm, Belonging to a series of 72 'Painterly-radiated Prospect of Italy', for which the artist made 24 prints. Albert Christoph Dies (1755-1822) and Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808) also made 24 plates, commissioned by Jean Fréderic Frauenholz. From 1792 onwards, three sets of two prints per artist appeared at a time. The last set was published in 1798, after which complete sets were published in bound form until 1875 (Nuremberg: JL Lotzbeck). See: Schmid, FC, AC Dies, JW Mechau und JC Reinhart 'Mahlerische radirte Prospecte von Italien', Berlin: sn, 1991., A textured sheet in a muted blue-green tone with darker small speckles across its surface, showing several evenly spaced horizontal rule...
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Six views of Italy with tomb walls, Title print for a series of landscapes, Painterly-radiated Prospect of Italy, Italian landscapes with monuments, print, title print, Nuremberg, publisher: Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, 1792, printmaker, Bavaria, paper, letterpress printing, height 208 mm x width 224 mm, Belonging to a series of 72 'Painterly-radiated Prospect of Italy', for which the artist made 24 prints. Albert Christoph Dies (1755-1822) and Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808) also made 24 plates, commissioned by Jean Fréderic Frauenholz. From 1792 onwards, three sets of two prints per artist appeared at a time. The last set was published in 1798, after which complete sets were published in bound form until 1875 (Nuremberg: JL Lotzbeck). See: Schmid, FC, AC Dies, JW Mechau und JC Reinhart 'Mahlerische radirte Prospecte von Italien', Berlin: sn, 1991., A textured sheet in a muted blue-green tone with darker small speckles across its surface, showing several evenly spaced horizontal rules and a central arrangement of dark printed marks forming lines and clusters, with a block of smaller printed marks in the lower middle and another set of printed marks near the bottom, all in a serif style, and areas of slight discoloration and paper grain visible throughout.

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Six views Italy tomb walls Title print series landscapes Painterly-radiated Prospect Italian landscapes monuments print title print Nuremberg publisher Johann Friedrich Frauenholz 1792 printmaker Bavaria paper letterpress printing height 208 mm x width 224 mm Belonging 72 artist 24 prints Albert Christoph Dies 1755-1822 Jacob Wilhelm Mechau 1745-1808 also 24 plates commissioned Jean Fréderic Frauenholz 1792 onwards three sets two prints artist appeared time last set was published 1798 complete sets bound form 1875 JL Lotzbeck See Schmid Fc AC Dies JW Mechau und JC Reinhart Mahlerische radirte Prospecte von Italien Berlin sn 1991 textured sheet muted blue-green tone darker small speckles across surface showing several evenly spaced horizontal rules central arrangement dark printed marks forming lines clusters block smaller lower middle another set printed marks near bottom serif style areas slight discoloration paper grain visible

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