Clauser, Jacob
Jacob Clauser (1520?-1579?) was a Swiss draftsman, painter and designer for woodcuts. Many of his illustrations appeared in Münster's 'Cosmographia'. Born in Zurich, he was active in the Upper Rhine and Lake Constance region.
The Earliest Collectible Printed Image of Belgrade.
Kriechisch Wyssenburg.
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This is the 1550 Sebastian Münster woodcut view of Belgrade - the earliest obtainable printed image of that city. (more details)
One of the earliest contemporaneous depictions of Jerusalem.
Die heylige Statt Ierusalem / contrafehtet nach Form und Gestallt wie sie zu unsern zeiten erbawen ist.
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One of the earliest printed views of Jerusalem, executed in woodcut by Jacob Clauser for Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia, from a 1598 German edition. Unlike most early depictions, this bird's-eye view is not a purely retrospective depiction of the ancient city but rather a modern view, showing the city at the time of publication. As explained in the view's title, it is meant to depict the Holy City in the 'form and shape as it was built in our times'. In its initial 1550 printing, this was one of the earliest contemporaneous images of the city. (more details)