Original hand-colored steel engraving with a general view of Bethlehem from the fields: the white houses on the ridge, the forecourt of the convent of the Nativity at the left and, in the foreground, peasants and a pack train among olive trees.
Original hand-colored steel engraving with a general view of Bethlehem from the fields: the white houses on the ridge, the forecourt of the convent of the Nativity at the left and, in the foreground, peasants and a pack train among olive trees.
According to the lettering, drawn and engraved by Poppel and Kurz after sketches by U. Halbreiter, with the coloring by H. Bruch, and published by the Vogel'sche Verlagshandlung of Munich. It belongs to a series of views of the Holy Land much valued for the fineness of its hand coloring.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: U. Halbreiter (sketches from life); drawn and engraved by Poppel and Kurz.
Engraver: Poppel and Kurz, Munich.
Source: Vogel'sche Verlagshandlung, Munich.
Dimensions: 11.0 x 8.1 in (28 x 20.5 cm).
Condition: Good. Bright coloring; paper with light toning and a few damp specks in the margins.