The vast cityscape of Cologne by Anton Woensam

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Anton Woensam’s great cityscape of Cologne from 1531 is 59.2 cm tall and, if you can believe it, over 3.5 m long. Comprising 9 bound pages, it provides a monumental and detailed depiction of all of Cologne’s structures at the time in the form of a woodcut panorama. It’s much like a wimmelbild, where there is all manner of goings-on and things to be discovered…