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Christian von Mechel

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Christian von Mechel was a Swiss engraver, publisher and art dealer. He developed a broad trade in art, through business connections throughout northern and central Europe; although the French Revolutionary Wars ruined him financially, he started over in 1805 in Berlin.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Beschrijving van grafmonumenten in de Sint Thomaskerk te Straatsburg

1843 · letterpress printing on paper

height: 216 cm, width: 137 cm, width: 216 cm, height: 270 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Leopold II

1791 · etching on paper

width: 146 cm, height: 205 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Print Catalog of Figures Included in the Gallery Düsseldorf (Estampes du Catalogue Raisonné et Figurée des Tableux de la Galerie Électorale de Düsseldorf)

1778 · Book with letterpress and engravings in black on cream laid paper

31 × 40.5 × 4.4 cm (12 1/4 × 16 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beschrijving van het grafmonument voor Maurits van Saksen

1776 · letterpress printing on paper

width: 419 cm, height: 533 cm

Rijksmuseum

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