Caption

View of the Kärsö house and the mansion Malmvik, Kiersöö, Malmwiik, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Erik Reitz, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1695, paper, etching, height 290 mm x width 331 mm, garden, housing, Ekerö, Herenhuis Malmvik, Huis Kärsö, An engraved scene showing a formal estate with a large central mansion flanked by smaller pavilions, surrounded by fences and ornamental gardens with patterned parterres and a circular fountain or obelisk feature, pathways, and scattered statues; figures walk and stand in the garden while carriages, a wagon, and a group of mounted and walking people travel along a dirt road lined with trees and shrubbery in the foreground; beyond the estate a body of water contains several sailing boats and a shoreline with rolling hills, windmills, and scattered trees; the sky above is filled with horizontal shading and small flocks of birds; a decorative coat of arms appears between the two main horizontal sections of the print.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A75_071

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.6Mb (11.6Mb) / 13.5in x 11.7in / 4051 x 3507 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Kärsö house mansion Malmvik Kiersöö Malmwiik Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Erik Reitz supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1695 paper etching height 290 mm x width 331 mm garden housing Ekerö Herenhuis Malmvik Huis Kärsö engraved scene showing formal estate large central mansion flanked smaller pavilions surrounded fences ornamental gardens patterned parterres circular fountain obelisk feature pathways scattered statues figures walk stand carriages wagon group mounted walking people travel dirt road lined trees shrubbery foreground beyond estate body water contains several sailing boats shoreline rolling hills windmills scattered trees sky filled horizontal shading small flocks birds decorative coat arms two main horizontal sections print