Watercolor and black feather, bordered in India ink
On laid paper. 37,5 x 62,5 cm (14,7 x 24,6 in), the full sheet

We are graetufl to Dr. Andreas Strobl, State Collection of Graphic Art Munich, for his expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection southern Germany.

LITERATURE: Cf. Brigitte Trost - Domenico Quaglio 1787-1837 Monographie und Werkverzeichnis - Munich 1973, page 177, VG1.
Cf. - München wie geplant. Die Entwicklung der Stadt von 1158 bis 2008 - cat. Stadtmuseum München, Munich 2004, page 44.

The Franciscan monastery, which was torn down in 1802 in the course of secularization, was on the premises of today's Residenzplatz. The construction of the square began to take form with Bavaria's elevation to be a kingdom in 1806 and the associated wish to express this new dignity accordingly. Conveyed by just a few visual sources, this depiction of the former Franciscan monastery belongs among the most valuable documents of the city of Munich, both in terms of its relevance for art history and the city's history. A second version of the sheet from the collection Halm-Maffei, which was increased by some figures, is in possession of the State Graphic Collection Munich. [CM].