Album with performances of the story of Jason and the Argonauten, 1799 Album with title print and 24 etchings on 25 album blades. The album contains four sheets with the French text in book prints containing references ( to ) to the series of performances of the story of Jason and the Argonauts. The illustrations were designed and signed by Asmus Jacob Carstens. After Carsten's death, Joseph Anton Koch bought the drawings, etched (possibly written the text with the help of Carl Ludwig Fernow) and published as a series. The French title is "Les Argonautes Selon Pindare, Orphée et Apol


Album with performances of the story of Jason and the Argonauten, 1799 Album with title print and 24 etchings on 25 album blades. The album contains four sheets with the French text in book prints containing references ( to ) to the series of performances of the story of Jason and the Argonauts. The illustrations were designed and signed by Asmus Jacob Carstens. After Carsten's death, Joseph Anton Koch bought the drawings, etched (possibly written the text with the help of Carl Ludwig Fernow) and published as a series. The French title is "Les Argonautes Selon Pindare, Orphée et Apollonius de Rhodes". There were probably three editions, one with the dating according to the French Republican calendar (VII), the publication with the Dates 1799 in Roman figures on the title print and a third version issued by Tomasso Piroli between1807 and 1810. The sharp elementary line drawings As originally designed by Cartens, Joseph Anton Koch supplemented in a few etchings with typical landscapes. paper. parchment (animal material). cardboard etching / engraving / letterpress printing / decorated paper / paste paper the story of the Argonauts: the quest for the Golden Fleece. (story of) Jason


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