View of the City of Prague, 1606, Etching, Plate (each): 19 × 42 in. (48.3 × 106.7 cm), Prints, Johannes Wechter (German, Nuremberg ca. 1550–after 1606 Eichstatt, Bavaria), After Philip van den Bossche (Netherlandish, active ca. 1604–15), The city of Prague has been lauded by poets as “the dream of delirious architects” whose “magic needs no wand.” The city’s great monuments are easily identified in this panorama, from the castle and cathedral on the hill at upper left, to the great Charles Bridge, to the churches and markets of the New Town at right
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View, City, Prague, 1606, Etching, Plate, 19, 42, 48.3, 106.7 cm, Prints, Johannes Wechter, German, Nuremberg ca., 1550–after, Eichstatt, Bavaria, After Philip van den Bossche, Netherlandish, active, 1604–15, city, lauded, poets, dream, delirious architects, magic needs, no, wand., great, monuments, easily identified, panorama, castle, cathedral, hill, upper left, great Charles, Bridge, churches, markets, New Town, right
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