LUGANO SWITZERLAND 1829 LORY UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW

Description

Vue de la ville de Lugano, prise du pied du Mont Salvador

 

Description: Striking and highly detailed interesting copper engraved panoramic view of the city of Lugano and its lake (Ceresio), Switzerland, captured in perspective from the slopes of Monte San Salvatore. In the right foreground, figures in traditional dress and lush vegetation stand out.
 
Illustrator: Gabriel Lory fils (Mathias Gabriel Lory, 1784–1846), a renowned Swiss painter and engraver renowned for his landscapes.
 
Engraver: The work is part of the renowned Swiss collection Souvenirs de la Suisse, or Recueil de vues remarquables, engraved in collaboration with contemporary professionals such as J. Hürlimann and C.C. Rordorf.
 
Source: Souvenirs de la Suisse ou recueil de vues remarquables pour faire suite au voyage pittoresque dans l'Oberland Bernois. Faksimile der Ausgabe Neuchâtel, Imprimerie de C.-H. Wolfrath 1829.

Date: 1829 ( undated )

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 27,9 x 21,4

Condition: Very strong and dark impression. Sheet sticked on board on the reverse. Sheet uncolored. Handwritten notes at the lower right. Conditions are as you can see in the images. 

Artist & Engraver: Gabriel Lory the Younger, also known as Mathias Gabriel Lori (21 June 1784, Bern - 25 August 1846, Bern), was a Swiss landscape painter, etcher, watercolorist and illustrator. His father was the painter, Gabriel Lory the Elder.
 
Johann Hürlimann (1793–1850) has been a Swiss artist and engraver. 

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