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Matthäus Merian

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Hand-coloured 1634 map of Persia with a sailing ship, decorative cartouche and three costumed figures.

Kaart van Perzië

1634

Engraved oval portrait of bearded Wolfgang Heider in a ruffled collar, holding a book, with a cherub above.

Portret van Wolfgang Heider

1626

Oval engraved portrait of Gaspard de Coligny in armour and lace collar, with a battle scene and fortress behind him.

[Portret Gasparda de Coligny]

1650

Engraved bird's-eye view of Feldkirch with a castle on a hill, church spires, river, gardens and a numbered key.

Gezicht op Feldkirch

1643

Etching of a village street with a chapel and spire, a stone gateway, figures on a road, and rolling hills behind.

Em Capell beÿ Maulbrunn

1620

Etching of a village street with timber-framed houses, a plowman leading oxen, a horseback rider and ducks in a stream.

Terrweiler

1620

Engraved print of two towns: walled Hofheim above, riverside Klingenberg with hilltop castle and boats below.

Hofheim Klingenberg

1646

Engraved panoramas of Tallinn (Revalia) with harbor ships and church spires, and Narva with its castle on a hill, 1649.

[Panoramy Tallina i Narwy]

1649

Engraved 1646 view of Ehrenfels castle above the Rhine with boats, a riverside tower and the town of Bingen.

Ehrenfels [...]

1646

Hand-colored 17th-century map of Paris showing the Seine, dense city streets, coats of arms and a compass rose.

Kaart van Parijs, 1654

1655

Engraved ornamental cartouche with German dedicatory text, flanked by grotesque figures, rearing horses and scrollwork.

Twee vrouwen met elk een paard

1618

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair and a lace collar, wearing studded armor, with an inscription below.

Portret van Georg, Freiherr von Derfflinger

1682

Engraving of a wealthy family ignoring a poor elderly couple under a tree, with a formal garden and castle behind.

The Rich Son Refusing to Help his Poor Parents

c. 1616

Engraved Bible title page with robed figures around a fiery altar, clouds above with the Trinity, and allegorical women at th

Offer van een lam door vier mannen

1630

Engraved print of two riverside towns, Berncastel above the Mosella and Boppart above the Rhenus, with boats on the water.

Berncastel Boppart

1646

Hand-colored print of a palace facade with a central dome, mansard roofs, and small figures and horsemen on the street.

Gezicht op de facade van Palais du Luxembourg

1655

Hand-colored view of a palace courtyard with a carriage, figures and a pastel sky, from a 17th-century book.

Gezicht op de binnenhof van Palais du Luxembourg te Parijs

1655

Hand-coloured print of a classical palace with blue roofs above formal garden parterres and small figures under a pastel sky.

Gezicht op Palais du Luxembourg vanaf de tuinen

1655

Back of an empty paper sheet with a violet library stamp and handwritten catalogue numbers at the center and lower left.

[Pokój w Cambrai] : [Incipit:] Turcae sanguineis implebant caedibus orbem [...]

1615

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a large tree, riders on a path, a river plain and distant hills and village.

Oberrheinische Landschaft

1624

Engraved 1646 plan of fortified Mainz with bastions, a dense street grid, and Rhine boats, by Matthäus Merian.

Plattegrond van Mainz

1646

Hand-colored print of a Paris street with the Bastille towers in the distance, a domed church, and pastel sky.

Gezicht op de Bastille vanuit de Rue Saint-Antoine

1655

Engraving of a ruined stone tower above a ravine, with figures in the foreground and a village with a church tower beyond.

Der Aichelstein

1646

Hand-coloured engraving of the Paris city hall facade with a clock tower, carriages and pedestrians in a square.

Stadhuis van Parijs

1655

Hand-coloured engraving of a large French château with domed pavilions across a canal, with a rowing boat and strolling figur

Gezicht op Château de Berny

1655

Hand-colored engraving of a French château with blue roofs, formal hedged gardens, and strolling figures under a pastel sky.

Gezicht op Château de Chilly-Mazarin

1655

Etching of a village street with thatched cottages, smoking chimneys, a herdsman with goats and cattle, and a woman with a ba

Dorpsgezicht met herder en vee

1620

Etching of a village road with a cow, two goats, a large tree, half-timbered houses and a bell tower under clouds.

Dorpsgezicht met een koe en geiten

1620

Etching of a rural landscape with dancing peasants in the foreground, a village with cottages, tall trees and a small bridge

Landschap met stoet dansende boeren

1620

Etching of a village with half-timbered houses, a cart, two women by a stream, a rooster, and a distant church spire.

Dorpsgezicht met twee vrouwen en een kraaiende haan

1620

Etching of a village street with two travelers resting by a stone bridge, a horse, and houses under a sky.

Dorpsgezicht twee rustende reizigers

1620

Etched river landscape with a rowboat, two washing women, a farmhouse with a cow, and a castle on a hill.

Rivierlandschap met roeiboot en wassende vrouwen

1620