Jean Baptiste de Pian, Alphabet picturesque, 1843. Vienna. The portfolio shows 26 capital letters of
Jean Baptiste de Pian, Alphabet picturesque, 1843. Vienna. The portfolio shows 26 capital letters of Roman type, integrated into the architecture of realistically painted buildings. He is also known as Giovanni Battista or Johann Baptist, as he belonged to a family of Italian artists who immigrated from Venice to Vienna in the late 18th century. Source Franziska Bierl & flickr & brommer -- source link
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