Zicht op het standbeeld van Johannes Kleberger in Lyon
Isodore-Laurent Deroy
1861 - 1872
Medium
paper
Dimensions
290; 434
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228a
Art Historical Context
**Zicht op het standbeeld van Johannesberger in Lyon** (View of the Statue of Johannes Kleberger in Lyon) is a captivating 19th-century work by French lithographer Isidore-La Deroy (1797–1886). Created between 1861 and 1872 on paper (290 × 434 mm), it offers a detailed vista of the statue honoring Johannes Kleberger, a prominent 16th-century Nuremberg banker and merchant who settled in Lyon. Kleberger famously portrayed by Albrecht Dürer 1521, symbolized the era's prosperous trade networks linking Germany and France, making this monument a nod to Renaissance commerce and cultural exchange. De...