Caption

Le pays de Béarn; Pieter Schenck 1660–1711 and Gerard Valck 1651/52–1726, publishers; cartography/map of Béarn, Aquitaine, France; 1711; Amsterdam; map; dimensions: 37.6 cm × 47.5 cm., The image shows a colored portion of an old map framed by a pink and gold border, with a large cream-colored margin around it; within the map area there are beige and light brown rolling hills, green clustered tree symbols, sinuous black and pink lines representing routes or borders, and small red and brown building icons scattered across the landscape. In the upper left of the map area a decorative cartouche features teal, pink, and gold ornamental flourishes with a central oval filled with pink, while toward the lower center a pink ornamental panel rests on a grassy base and supports a small sculptural scene with a figure in red cloak and a figure in blue standing beside a smoking brazier and a mound, with green grass at their feet; the map background also includes pale yellow and tan regions and thin grid lines.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_311

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.0Mb (5.7Mb) / 13.8in x 20.0in / 4135 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Le pays de Béarn Pieter Schenck 1660–1711 Gerard Valck 1651 52–1726 publishers cartography map Béarn Aquitaine France 1711 Amsterdam dimensions 37.6 cm × 47.5 cm image colored portion old framed pink gold border large cream-colored margin within map area beige light brown rolling hills green clustered tree symbols sinuous black pink lines representing routes borders small red brown building icons scattered across landscape upper left decorative cartouche features teal gold ornamental flourishes central oval filled lower center pink ornamental panel rests grassy base supports small sculptural scene figure red cloak blue standing beside smoking brazier mound green grass feet map background also includes pale yellow tan regions thin grid lines.