Das prächtige Rathaus der Stadt Augsburg

Much research has been done on the famous series of engravings by veduta artist and engraver Salomon Kleiner, who was born in Augsburg in 1700 and died in Vienna in 1761. His series of copper engravings of Viennese vedute, Schönborn castles and Austrian monasteries are still widely known, reproduced in large numbers and firmly anchored in the collective memory.

In 1732, Jeremias Wolff's heirs published Das prächtige Rath Hauß der Stadt Augspurg, an edition of copper engravings with views, ground plans and elevations of the famous town hall in Augsburg and its magnificent, richly furnished interiors, created by Elias Holl (1573-1646) from 1615 to 1625/26. Little known to researchers, Augsburg State and Municipal Library holds the original drawings by Kleiner produced for this edition and presents them for the first time here in their original size and colours, with the same view from the 1732 prints on the opposite pages. The introductory and explanatory text explains the originals, describes the interior views in detail along with their important furnishings, and presents the paintings that have survived to the present day in colour illustrations. An historical documentation of the "best parlour of Augsburg" rediscovered - a minor sensation, even outside Augsburg!

With financial support from the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, the Dr. Eugen Liedl Stiftung, and the Stiftung Augsburger Wissenschaftsförderung.