RUSS, LEANDER (AFTER); FAUST (LITHOGRAPHER); JOHANNES HÖFELICH (PRINTER)

Heldenmüthige Vertheidigung der Löwel-Bastey [Heroic defense of Lowelbastei].
Durch die Burger Wiens Gegen die Türken im Jahre 1683 [By the citizens of Vienna against the Turks in 1683].

(Vienna). Gemälde, 1837. Stock ID #177872

Lithograph 40.8 x 58.1 cm; 54.1 x 68.2 cm (sheet), two very small edge tears, the sheet a little worn and spotted, but a very good dark impression.

Impressive engraving after an original painting by Leander Russ, “Sturm der Türken auf die Löwelbastei 1683”. Russ accompanied the diplomat, General Anton von Prokesch-Osten, on a trip to the Middle East, which had a profound influence on his work.
The dramatic scene commemorates the 2nd Turkish siege of Vienna under the command of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa, the city defended by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire. The battle is considered to be the beginning of the long "Great Turkish War", (1683-1699) which was supposed to drive the Ottomans out of Central Europe.

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Price: $450.00 AU

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