Lot #: 85254
Oenipons, sive Enipontius vulgo Insspruck, Tirolensis Comitatus Urbs Amplissima MDLXXV. |
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A fine copper engraved birds-eye/panoramic view of Innsbruck by Braun and Hogenberg. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 2: De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus, Liber Secundus'. Köln, Gottfried von Kempen, 1575.
TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Oenipons, or Enipontus, in German Innsbruck, a very distinguished city of the Duchy of Tyrol. 1575. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Innsbruck has an indescribably advantageous position and very fertile soil. The sovereigns of the land therefore very early chose it as their seat. There is a very fine town hall there, most of which is gilded, and another house, built by Emperor Maximilian, that is covered with silver tiles."
Innsbruck, the capital of the Tyrol, is shown from the west overlooking the district of Mariahilf. The town hall stands out with its characteristic tower. The Neuhofbuilding with the Golden Roof, a magnificent late Gothic oriel window, is not visible due to the chosen perspective, but the spire of the Gothic church of St James can be seen on the left.
Today the 18th-century cathedral of St James stands on this site. The Gothic Spitalkirche (or hospice, on the right) was also replaced in the 18th century by a new, Baroque building. Innsbruck is mentioned for the first time around 1167 and was granted a municipal charter around 1200.
In Braun and Hogenberg's day the city was the residence of the Tyrol line of the Habsburgs (1564-1665) and had a population of about 5,000, which today has grown to over 139,000 (Taschen).
The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the greatest book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully colored. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century.
Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. A large number of the plates were engraved after the original drawings of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600), who was a professional artist. The first volume was published in Latin in 1572, the sixth volume in 1617.
Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel created those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographer Daniel Freese, and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.
Reference: Van der Krogt 4, 1891; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg, p.172.
TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Oenipons, or Enipontus, in German Innsbruck, a very distinguished city of the Duchy of Tyrol. 1575. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Innsbruck has an indescribably advantageous position and very fertile soil. The sovereigns of the land therefore very early chose it as their seat. There is a very fine town hall there, most of which is gilded, and another house, built by Emperor Maximilian, that is covered with silver tiles."
Innsbruck, the capital of the Tyrol, is shown from the west overlooking the district of Mariahilf. The town hall stands out with its characteristic tower. The Neuhofbuilding with the Golden Roof, a magnificent late Gothic oriel window, is not visible due to the chosen perspective, but the spire of the Gothic church of St James can be seen on the left.
Today the 18th-century cathedral of St James stands on this site. The Gothic Spitalkirche (or hospice, on the right) was also replaced in the 18th century by a new, Baroque building. Innsbruck is mentioned for the first time around 1167 and was granted a municipal charter around 1200.
In Braun and Hogenberg's day the city was the residence of the Tyrol line of the Habsburgs (1564-1665) and had a population of about 5,000, which today has grown to over 139,000 (Taschen).
The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the greatest book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully colored. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century.
Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. A large number of the plates were engraved after the original drawings of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600), who was a professional artist. The first volume was published in Latin in 1572, the sixth volume in 1617.
Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel created those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographer Daniel Freese, and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.
Reference: Van der Krogt 4, 1891; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg, p.172.
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