Title: "Der Kynast."
Author: by Theodor Blätterbauer
Item description:
Notes: Preserved entire sheet. Very small format engraving!!!
Chojnik Castle in Sobieszów - a district of Jelenia Góra, the beginnings of the upper castle probably at the end of the 13th century as the seat of the Świdnica-Jawor Piasts, in 1393-1634 the property of the Schaffgotschs, in the late 15th century or in the 16th century a bailey (lower castle) was built, the castle was fortified in the 17th century, 1675 destroyed by fire and gradually fell into ruin; see Lexicon of castles 2007 pp. 212-216 with illustrations and plan
About the author: Theodor Blätterbauer (24.12.1823 Boleslawiec - 30.06.1906 Legnica) Silesian painter, draughtsman, also graphic artist. He did incomplete art studies in 1845-1846 and 1848-1849 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In 1853, at the Building Academy in Berlin, he received the title of drawing teacher. From 1854 a teacher of drawing at the Royal Academy of Knights in Legnica, he was given the title of professor in 1898. He was a popular, though rather mediocre, painter and draughtsman of landscapes and architectural views at the time, and is best known as the author of the drawings for the highly regarded illustrated landscape-historical work by Franz Schroller: Schlesien [...]. T. 1-3. Glogau: Carl Flemming, 1885-1888; moreover, author of some of the drawings for the well-known chromolithography album: Alexander Duncker (ed.): Die landlichen Wohnsitze, Schlösser und Residenzen der ritterschaftlichen Grundbesitzer in der preussischen Monarchie [...]. Berlin: Alexander Duncker, 1853-1886 (views from Silesia and the Grand Duchy of Posen) and parts of the illustrations to Hermann Luchs: Schlesische Fürstenbilder des Mittelalters. Breslau: Eduard Trewendt 1872; see AKL vol. 11 s. 336 and more extensively biography in Wikipedia
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Condition of Preservation:
Item in very nice condition
Grading of state of preservation:
- perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
- very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
- nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
- quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
- more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), quite insignificant, not very significant defects
- at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
- good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
- less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
- more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
- at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
- Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct
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