G. Kraus (1802 - 1852)

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Munich > Frauenkirche with its forecourt

„Ansicht der Haupt Pfarrkirche zu unserer lieben Frau in München.“

Lithograph by Gustav Kraus, Munich 1825, 26 x 39,5 cm. From: „Zwölf Prospekte der Hauptstadt München“ (II).

Very good impression, throughout somewhat stained, smaller tear, neatly restored, at upper right corner, otherwise good condition.

Preßler : Gustav Kraus, pp 72/73, 40

€ 1.300,-

Front view of the Frauenkirche ('Cathedral of Our Dear Lady') in Munich with its two towers, seen from the forecourt.

Gustav Kraus (1804 – 1852)

Gustav Wilhelm Kraus (1804 Passau - Munich 1852; draughtsman, lithographer and publisher in Munich) studied under Wilhelm von Kobell at the academy of arts in Munich. 1836 he founded his own publishing house in Munich. He is well known in Bavaria as a chronicler of the Bavarian life during the reign of Ludwig I. (1825-1848) and became famous for his pictures of traditional costumes and for his views of Bavaria.

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