Caption
Prospectus fori equini Francofurti ad Moenum, Prospect des Marckts zü Frankfurth am Maïn, View of a market in Frankfurt am Main, print, book illustration, View of a market in Frankfurt am Main. Numbered top right: 8., printmaker: Georg Daniel Heumann, after drawing by Salomon Kleiner, publisher: Johann Andreas Pfeffel (der Ältere), Augsburg, grantor of privilege: Charles VI (Holy Roman Emperor), 1738, Bavaria, paper, etching, height 273 mm x width 343 mm, Print used in: Francofurtum ad Moenum Floridum, 1738., market, city-view in general, 'veduta' - II - ideal city, Hessen, Frankfurt am Main, A detailed black and white engraving shows a bustling town square surrounded by multi-story timber and stone buildings with steep gabled roofs and ornate facades, a central circular fountain with a decorative basin and railings, numerous people engaged in market activities around stalls and barrels, carts and goods scattered on the cobbled ground, small groups conversing or walking, architectural details such as shutters, decorative reliefs, and dormer windows on the surrounding structures, a tall church tower rising behind the row of buildings, and birds visible in the sky above.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B32_250
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