Objekt 2401
The oldest picture of the city?
Description
The picture shows Basel as it was around the mid-13th century. Several buildings, such as the Münster or the bridge that has passed over the Rhine since 1225/6, are clearly recognisable. Other parts do not show the contemporaneous reality. Martinskirche is missing, for example. The picture was painted in 1707, based on a model from the 15th century, however.
Object description
View of Basel
inscription: depiction of the city of Basel, as it looked long ago. In the old days and many years ago, before there were monasteries and abbeys there
painter: Johann Rudolf Huber-Faesch (1668–1748), painted after a vanished model from the 15th century
Basel, 1707
oil on canvas
deposited by the Bürgergemeinde
Inv. 1881.38.