Catalog Archive
Auction 139, Lot 503

"Plan de Vienne et de ses Environs …", Le Rouge, George Louis

Subject: Vienna, Austria

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.5 x 14.5 inches
54.6 x 36.8 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This detailed plan of Vienna shows the fortified city and the surrounding areas along the Wien and Danube rivers. Prior to the great Battle of Vienna (1683) between the Austrian Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire, the Viennese demolished the houses around the city walls and cleared the debris, leaving an empty plain that would expose the Turks to defensive fire. This cleared area, or esplanade, around the central city is still very visible. At left is a key to 41 different locations.

References:

Condition: A

Strong impression on thick paper. There are a few tiny spots in the blank margins and remnants of paper tape along the edges of the sheet on verso from a previous framing.

Estimate: $350 - $450

Sold for: $250

Closed on 2/15/2012

Archived