About this motif
Long before photography, engravings and etchings shaped how cities were seen. With its long riverfront and countless church towers, Cologne was one of the favourite subjects of view painters.
"Cologne around 1720" is a wide panorama across the Rhine: sailing ships and rowing boats in front of the city wall, behind them a sea of houses and towers. This landscape-format print of about 7 x 16 cm, after an old engraving, looks equally fine in black and white or hand-coloured and can be framed on request.
