Artwork Info: Noriberga Germaniae superioris augustissimum et florentissimum Emporium

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Noriberga Germaniae superioris augustissimum et florentissimum Emporium

This Baroque apotheosisof the city, with image and text, was engraved by Nicolaus Visscher andpublished by Jan Jansson in Amsterdam in 1660. The finished copperplate print,more than two meters wide, was assembled from four large plates. City vistas ofthis size are rare, and were hung on the wall like paintings.The title of theengraving, in large white letters on a black ground, occupies the upper part ofthe picture. Below it is a view of Nuremberg from the south, along with adescription of the city in Latin and Dutch. At the center, above the triplecoat of arms, a portrait of Albrecht Dürer hovers within a framed medallion,flanked by two putti blowing trumpets. As a testimony to his fame, his name,

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