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

J. STRIXNER (*1782) after CARRACCI (*1560), Church in Italy, ca. 1811, lithograph Johann Nepomuk Franz Xaver Strixner (1782 Altötting–1855 Munich) after Annibale Carracci (before 1560 Bologna–1609 Rome): Church in Italy, Incunabulum of Lithography, 1811–1816, c. 1811, Lithograph Technique: Lithography on paper Watermark: Letters/Digits: H:BLUM | Date: Inscription: In the background on the left, a three-story Romanesque tower with a low pointed roof. Trees and outbuildings; on the right, a landscape with staffage figures. Strixner learned engraving from Dorner in 1799. He was employed as a draftsman in 1803 at the Electoral Gallery in Munich. Beginning in 1810, he published the *Oeuvres Lithographiques*. From 1820 onward, he lived 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, flat building has many round-arched 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), Image: 22.3 cm x 33.0 cm (8.8 x 13 in) Condition: Good condition. The image is in excellent condition. The sheet is foxed due to its age; there is a liquid stain in the lower right corner; the lower margin has a box pleat; on the right side, in the area of the landscape and the sky, the paper is slightly thinned in places; the upper edge is slightly creased due to a previous mounting. Trimmed along the outer margin.