View of Sjöö Castle on the garden side, Facies Splendidissimi Ornatissimique Palatii Siöö qua spectat amoenissimum Hortum, qui ei est adsitus, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, print maker: Willem Swidde, Stockholm, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1696, printmaker, paper, etching, etching in two parts, folded, height 213 mm x width 422 mm, garden, housing, Enköping, Slot Sjöö, A wide engraved view shows a formal garden with symmetrical parterres, paths, clipped hedges, topiary, urns, and statues in the foreground, with many small groups of people in period clothing walking and conversing on the central avenue and along the paths. The midground features terraced steps leading up to a large classical mansion flanked by two pavilion-like buildings on raised platforms, with balustrades and ornamental plantings along the terrace. Rows of trees and low fences border the garden on both sides, and a body of water with distant wooded shores appears behind the house. The sky is ...
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View of Sjöö Castle on the garden side, Facies Splendidissimi Ornatissimique Palatii Siöö qua spectat amoenissimum Hortum, qui ei est adsitus, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, print maker: Willem Swidde, Stockholm, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1696, printmaker, paper, etching, etching in two parts, folded, height 213 mm x width 422 mm, garden, housing, Enköping, Slot Sjöö, A wide engraved view shows a formal garden with symmetrical parterres, paths, clipped hedges, topiary, urns, and statues in the foreground, with many small groups of people in period clothing walking and conversing on the central avenue and along the paths. The midground features terraced steps leading up to a large classical mansion flanked by two pavilion-like buildings on raised platforms, with balustrades and ornamental plantings along the terrace. Rows of trees and low fences border the garden on both sides, and a body of water with distant wooded shores appears behind the house. The sky is lightly engraved with clouds and small flocks of birds, and decorative foliage frames the scene at the outer edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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View Sjöö Castle garden side Facies Splendidissimi Ornatissimique Palatii Siöö qua spectat amoenissimum Hortum qui ei est adsitus Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page print maker Willem Swidde Stockholm supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1696 printmaker paper etching two parts folded height 213 mm x width 422 mm garden housing Enköping Slot Sjöö wide engraved view formal garden symmetrical parterres paths clipped hedges topiary urns statues foreground small groups people period clothing walking conversing central avenue midground features terraced steps leading up large classical mansion flanked two pavilion- buildings raised platforms balustrades ornamental plantings terrace Rows trees low fences border sides body water distant wooded shores house sky lightly engraved clouds small flocks birds decorative foliage frames scene outer edges

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