Das Churfürstl: Schloß Craukniß Scechst Landtshuett

by WENING, Michael (1645-1718)

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Munich: Johann Lucas Straub, 1701-26. Hand-coloured engraving by J. M. Steidbin. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing. 10 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches. 12 x 29 1/2 inches. A fascinating and very beautiful print from Wening's rare work on the castles and monasteries of Bavaria: 'Historico-topographica Descriptio' This image is from Wening's only major published work, a large-scale study of Bavarian towns, churches and mansions published in four volumes between 1701 and 1726. Wening, who was born in Nuremberg, moved to Munich in 1666 and was appointed court engraver in 1669. He applied to Maximilian Emanuel, Duke of Bavaria, for a privilege (i.e the right to publish) for his proposed visual record of the four districts of Bavaria. It was granted, and Wening began to make his drawings in November 1696. By January 1697 he had completed 131 drawings. Evidently, he did not always receive the welcome he thought his due from the Bavarian noblemen whose castles he was drawing, but this only seems to have served to inspire him to make his engravings even more spectacular in order to prove his worth as an artist to his doubtful hosts. The present image has a lively immediacy that is very attractive and often lacking in the work of Wening's contemporaries.

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