Bilder Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) – View of the Imperial City of Landau – Woodcut (c. 1550)

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This large, double-page woodcut presents a detailed panoramic and topographical bird's-eye view of the Imperial City of Landau, Germany. The print, titled "Wahre Conterfehtung der ReichStatt Landaw" (True Likeness... of the Imperial City of Landau), captures the city nestled in a valley with the Vosges mountains ("Vogesen gebirg") rising in the background. The River Queich ("Queich flu.") flows across the foreground. The image details the city's walls, prominent churches, and surrounding landscape, with columns of German Fraktur text below describing the city.

Sebastian Münster was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar. He is best known as the primary author and editor of the Cosmographia, one of the most influential and commercially successful books of the 16th century. First published in 1544, this work provided a comprehensive description of the known world and was renowned for its extensive use of woodcut illustrations, including numerous city views and maps.

Artist or Maker: Sebastian Münster

Dimensions: Approximately 35 cm x 44 cm

Medium: Woodcut

Date: c. 1550

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