Wissenburgum. Weissenburg. Rubeacum. Vulgo Russach. Colmaria. Vulgo Kolmar. Badense Oppidum. Vulgo Ober Badenn (Wissenburg. VVeissenburg. Rubeacum. Russach. Colmar. Kolmar. The town of Baden.)
Artist
Sebastian Münster
(1488 Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany - 1552 Basel, Switzerland)
Date1550
Mediumcopper engraving on paper
Dimensions15 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (40 × 52.1 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.49
DescriptionThese four illustrations of towns and cities in Germany are included on a single page. Each illustration is outlined by a dark green border. In the upper left corner is Weißenburg (Weissenburg), Germany. It shows a walled city with a church near its center. There are mountains in the background. The illustration in the lower left corner is what is now Colmar, France. It is a walled city with a church near the center and little houses on the outside of the wall. At the bottom of the illustration is a frame--white with a red border. In the upper right corner is Roussach, a walled city with a church near the center, and a river around part of it. There is a castle at the top of the hill overlooking the city. There are three people in the foreground, facing the city. In the lower right corner is Baden, now part of Switzerland. The illustration shows a walled city with a church near the center, and there is a bridge over the Limmat River. In the foreground, a man gallops on a horse and another man carries a pack and walking stick.On View
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