The "Prospect der Statt Luxemburg" is by Matthäus Seutter and was made around 1730.
It has been hand coloured at a later date.
The main portion of the engraving is a detailed plan of the city's fortifications, while the lower third features the panoramic "prospect" showing the city's skyline and military architecture.
Its ornate, baroque style is a characteristic of Seutter's style.
Matthäus Seutter began his working career as an apprentice brewer. Uninspired by the beer business, Seutter left his apprenticeship and moved to Nuremberg, where he apprenticed as an engraver under the tutelage of Johann Homann. Sometime in the early 18th century, Seutter left Homann to establish his own independent cartographic publishing firm in Augsburg.
Seutter's engraving skill and commitment to diversified map production eventually gained him a substantial following. Most of Seutter's maps were heavily based on, if not copies of, earlier work by the Homann and Delisle fims.
By 1732 Seutter was one of the most prolific publishers of his time and was honored by the German Emperor Karl VI who gave him the title of Imperial Geographer, after which most subsequent maps included the Avec Privilege designation.
