1892 Hanfstaengl After Ruben, Columbus Sights the New World
$460.00
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1892 Hanfstaengl After Ruben, Columbus Sights the New World
$460.00
1892 lithograph mounted on cardboard.
Good condition. Slight paper loss at your left corner.
Paper: 25 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Image: 29 x 26
This is a lithograph titled "The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America".
* The print, created in the 19th century, depicts Christopher Columbus and his crew on their ship.
* Columbus is shown standing calmly while his crew members react with a mix of awe, fear, and excitement.
* The image captures the moment when the crew first sighted land in the Americas in 1492.
The engraving is by Franz Hanfstaengl.
* Franz Hanfstaengl (1804–1877) was a German painter, lithographer, and photographer.
* He was known for his portrait lithographs and later became a court photographer.
* He founded his own lithographic studio in Munich in 1833 and later added a fine art printing shop and a photographic workshop.
* Hanfstaengl is considered the inventor of negative retouching.
This print will be shipped flat with insurance.
