Germania

Type: woodcut; Support: lightweight laid paper; Condition: excellent print impression, good preservation with slight traces of foxing and browning; signs of wear from time; editorial crease in the center with yellowing; tear with restoration; all as shown in the photo; Shipping: insured shipment via Bartolini/DPD courier. To use the insurance coverage, any damage to the piece must be contested and reported to the courier at the time of delivery. Otherwise, the insurance reimbursement procedure cannot be activated; Provenance: from a private collection; Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) was one of the most influential cartographers, cosmographers and Hebrew scholars of the German Renaissance. His fame is inextricably linked to Cosmographia, the first description of the known world in German, considered one of the most successful historical and geographical works of the 16th century. Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525–1571) was a notable Swiss painter, draftsman and woodcut artist of the Renaissance. He came from a famous Bernese artist family and was the son of the well-known painter, poet and statesman Niklaus Manuel (called Deutsch).

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