Artist: Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (also spelled Leizel), (ca. 1727 - 1796) was a German artist and copperplate engraver working from Augsburg.
Title: View of the Bourse Royale on the Cádiz Canal. Cádiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain.
Signed and Titled in plate: Grave par Balth. Friedrich Leizelt. Prospect der Königlichen Börse an dem Haupt Canal zu Cadix, wo man zugleich mit spanischen Gondlen spazieren fahret. Vuë de Bourse Royale au Canal de Cadix ou les Chevalliers et Dames se promenent dans les Barques. Collection des prospects. Vue de Cadix (reversed). Se vend à Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie Impériale d'Empire des Arts libéraux avec Privilège e sa Majesté Impériale avec Défense ni d'en faire ni d'en vendre les Copies. In ink u.m. gezigt op de koninglyke beurs de cadix.
Dimensions: Image 9 3/8" x 15 1/4". Plate 12 1/4 x 15 3/4"
Date: c. 1760 - c. 1770.
Materials and Techniques: Engraved optical print on laid paper. Period color.
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: Wears, tears, stains. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Collection des prospects.
Museums and Libraries: Princeton University, Graphic Arts Collection GC138.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the collection of Princeton University.