Lot 06

Franz Hogenberg (1535 - 1590) RENAISSANCE VIEW OF PRAGUE

Prague. Bohemiae metropolis accuratissime expressa. A distant panoramic copper engraving view from the slopes of Petřín on Prague and its surroundings. In the lower right, Vyšehrad, below it rowers, sailing their rafts down the Vltava towards the city, are the only figurative staff of the sheet. Engraved title directly in image and extended in cartouche above. From the work: Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg. Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne, 1580.