519 - J. STRIXNER (*1782) after CARRACCI (*1560), Church in Italy, around 1811, Lithography

J. STRIXNER (*1782) after CARRACCI (*1560), Church in Italy, around 1811, Lithography Johann Nepomuk Franz Xaver Strixner (1782 Altötting - 1855 Munich) after Annibale Carracci (before 1560 Bologna - 1609 Rom): Church in Italy, Incunabulum of Lithography, 1811-1816, c. 1811, Lithography Technique: Lithography on Paper Watermark: Letters/Digits: H:BLUM | Date: Inscription: Behind on the left a three-storey Romanesque tower with a low pointed roof. Trees and outbuildings, on the right landscape with staffage figures. Strixner learned engraving with Dorner in 1799. Employed as a draughtsman 1803 at the electoral gallery in Munich. From 1810 he published the Oeuvres Lithographiques. From 1820 in Stuttgart. Date: c. 1811 Description: Listed by Winkler: No. 965, 30.5. / Dussler p.146 No. XXX.5. Munich 1811-16. signed lower left: "H: Carrache. / right: N: Strixner del:" Drawing Graphische Sammlung Munich. The wide and flat building has many round arch openings on the front gable end. | Watermark: H:BLUM Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Germany, Size: Paper: 30,5 cm x 41,5 cm (12 x 16,3 in), Depiction: 22,3 cm x 33,0 cm (8,8 x 13 in) Condition: Good condition. The image makes a very good impression. The sheet is foxed due to its age, lower right corner with liquid stain; lower margin with box pleat; on the right side in the area of the landscape and the sky the paper is slightly thinned in places; at the upper edge slightly creased due to an earlier mounting. Trimmed along the outer margin.