• presentation of the map reproduction without a frame
  • detail of the map from the centre
  • detail of the map from the centre left
  • detail of the map from the top left corner
  • detail of the map from the bottom left corner
  • detail of the map from the top right corner
  • detail of the map from the bottom right corner
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Ancient aerial view of Colmar, 1644

SKU:  195125

Ancient aerial view of Colmar, 1644

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Matthäus Merian’s Colmaria (1644) is an exquisitely detailed engraved view of the Alsatian city of Colmar, part of his monumental topographical series Topographia Alsatiae. Executed in Merian’s characteristic bird’s-eye perspective, the print captures the city’s distinctive medieval fabric at a time when it was part of the Holy Roman Empire, just before the end of the Thirty Years’ War. The composition presents Colmar surrounded by its defensive walls and moat, with the Lauch River meandering through the urban core and the Vosges Mountains rising faintly in the distance.

Merian’s engraving is both an artistic and documentary achievement. The city’s principal landmarks are rendered with architectural precision: the Gothic spire of Saint Martin’s Church dominates the skyline; nearby, the Dominican church and convent are clearly visible, along with the orderly streets, gabled houses, and market squares that defined Colmar’s character. The coat of arms, elegant title cartouche, and legend at the bottom of the print reflect Merian’s combination of scientific observation and Baroque decorative sensibility.

As with other works in Merian’s Topographia Germaniae series, Colmaria served not only as a visual record but also as a statement of civic pride and imperial geography. The image would have circulated among scholars, collectors, and travelers, offering a glimpse of a prosperous imperial free city recovering from decades of religious and political upheaval.

Today, Colmaria stands as one of the most valuable early modern visual sources for understanding Colmar’s 17th-century urban form. Merian’s meticulous engraving preserves details of the townscape that have since disappeared, making it an indispensable reference for historians, cartographers, and admirers of early modern printmaking alike.

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Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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