Frans Hogenberg Engraving, Nocerra in Appennino Monte
Copper plate engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper titled "Nocerra In Appennino Monte," engraved by Frans Hogenberg after a drawing by Depingebat Georgius Hoefnagle, from CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM, edited by Georg Braun, Cologne, circa 1577. Depicts a group of travellers approaching Nocera, a comune in Campagnia, Italy, located in the Apennine Mountains. Title, top center, artist's name and date, lower left, directional notations in Latin, top right and lower left. Surrounded by a red line border. Float mounted under plexiglass in a wooden frame with red trim. Image: 6 3/4" H x 18 3/4" W. Sheet: 8 1/4" H x 21 1/4" W. Framed: 14" H x 25 3/4" W. Provenance: The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee.
Condition Report: Overall good condition. Lower margin has been cut down. Likely deacidified. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor abrasions.
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Copper plate engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper titled "Nocerra In Appennino Monte," engraved by Frans Hogenberg after a drawing by Depingebat Georgius Hoefnagle, from CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM, edited by Georg Braun, Cologne, circa 1577. Depicts a group of travellers approaching Nocera, a comune in Campagnia, Italy, located in the Apennine Mountains. Title, top center, artist's name and date, lower left, directional notations in Latin, top right and lower left. Surrounded by a red line border. Float mounted under plexiglass in a wooden frame with red trim. Image: 6 3/4" H x 18 3/4" W. Sheet: 8 1/4" H x 21 1/4" W. Framed: 14" H x 25 3/4" W. Provenance: The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee.
Condition Report: Overall good condition. Lower margin has been cut down. Likely deacidified. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor abrasions.