Aquatint Porta Comasina by Johann Jakob Falkeisen, 19th century

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Johann Jakob Falkeisen (Basel 1806 - Basel 1883), aquatint Porta Comasina. Engraver and painter trained in Paris. Arrived in Milan he formed relationships with the painter Giovanni Migliara (Alessandria 1785 - Milan 1837) and the engraver Luis Cherbuin, soon established himself as a vedutista in aquatint. In 1843 a fire destroyed most of his studies and his paintings. After a stay in the Orient, he returned to Basel in 1855, where he was appointed conservator of the local Kunstsammlung in 1859. This print is part of the series of 27 plates: Views of Milan from drawings by Giovanni Migliora and others.. published by Luigi Valeriano Pozzi 1835-38, and is number 20. It is one of the most detailed and decorative series. It represents a cross-section of life in nineteenth-century Milan in front of the Comasina Gate. The history of this door is very old, what we see today is not the sixteenth-century arch built by the Spaniards but the door that was restored in neoclassical style in 1828 by the architect Giacomo Moraglia. In 1859 Garibaldi crossed the gate entering the city and after a year from Comasina the gate was known as Porta Garibaldi. In the foreground are depicted soldiers, women, men and children caught in different poses and attitudes. The light coming from the left illuminates the monumentality of the arch creating strong chiaroscuro contrasts. Beyond the image in the engraved title: Arch. Giac. Moraglia inv. and dir., G Gatti and G Mazzola dis., R. Focosi the figures, engraver and publisher. Excellent impression. Excellent condition, large margins beyond the copper plate. Bibliography: Arrigoni, Milano nelle stampe antiche, n.179

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