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Żary (Sorau) – panorama of the town

author: Böhmer, Gottfried (1702-1758)

author of the pattern: Jachne, Christian

date: 1750-1759

place of creation: Kowary (Karkonosze County; Lower Silesian Voivodeship), Lower Silesia

object type: print

material: paper

technique: etching

dimensions: 31.0 × 41.0 cm

signature:
bottom left: Christian Jachne del:
bottom right: G. Böhmer sc: Schmiedebergae in Silesia.
inscription:
top center (on the ribbon): SORAU / in Nieder Lausitz./ Mitternacht
at the bottom right, a legend in 21 points: 1. Das Graefliche Schloss / 2. das alte Schloss u. Thurm / 3. Das reitz=Hauss u: grosser Stall / 4. das grosse Gartten Hauss u Lust. 5. der Jagt=Hoff / 6. das Vorwerck / 7. der ober Thor Thurm / 8. das Ober Hospital u: Kirche / 9. die Hospital Schule / 10. das rath Haus u: Thurm / 11. die Stadt Kirche mit dem Thurme / 12. der Glocke u: Thurm / 13. die Superintendentur / 14. das Nieder=Thor / 15. die Pforte / 16. das Niedr. Hospital / 17. die Begraebniss-Kirche / 18. St: Peters Kirche / 19. die Strasse nach Christianstatt / 20. die Strasse nach Crossen / 21. Fasanen gehege.
above the town view, two coats of arms – on the left with an arrow and two stars, on the right with the letters S and W on a shield
  • Halawa, Ewa, Kody pamięci. Ikonografia Śląska w grafice i rysunku od XVIII do początku XX w., Wrocław 2015, s. 76-77, kat. 28

provenance: 1954, transfer

not on display

National Museum in Wrocław Department of Prints 16th–19th c.

inventory number: MNWr VII-714

copyrights to object: PUBLIC DOMAIN
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