Artist: Peter de Witte, also known as Peter Candid (Germany, c.1548-1628), after.
Engraver: Carl Gustav von Amling (Germany, 1650-1703).
Title: The Construction of Landshut in Bayern.
The Possessors of the Drawings: after the tapestries designed by Peter de Witte, now in Munich. The preparatory drawings for this scene are in the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich. (The British Museum).
Signed, Titled, and Dated: Otto M. Com: P. Witelspac: Boioariae Dux Landeshutam Civitatem, et Arcem in monte adia= center sedem Ducalem aedificat an: MLXXXII. Otto M. Com: P. Witelspac: Duke of Bayern builds the city of Landshut and the citadel on the mountain near the center of the duke's seat. At 1582. P. Cand: pinxit. C.G. ab Amling delin. et sculpsit. 1697.
Dimensions: Sheet 10 1/4" x 15 1/8".
Date: 1697.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving and etching on laid paper.
Watermark: Strasbourg Lily.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: L.r. corner is missed, tears, tan. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Szenen aus der Geschichte Otto von Wittelsbachs.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1873,0712.193.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German Art XVII C.
Note: Landshut is the capital of Lower Bayern.
This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.