Merian, Mattäus: Moscua 1650

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Merian, Mattäus
1650
Copperplate engraving
coloured
35 x 27,5 cm
ORIGINAL

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Bird’s-eye plan displaying Moscow situated at the junktion of the Moskva and Neglinnaya Rivers, which form a moat protecting all but the northeast flank of the Kremlin. The map shows the Kremlin and old city, Kitay-gorod, at center. These are surrounded by successive rings of fortifications in an elegant and superbly well-protected metropolis. The plan is ornamented with a coat of arms, simple compass rose and a key to the numbered features, quarters an buildings contained in a monument-style cartouche.

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Moskau
Merian, Mattäus
ca. 1650
Kupferstich
Koloriert
35 x 27,5 cm
ORIGINALKARTE