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View of the Stavsund estate, Staafsund, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Willem Swidde, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1690 - 1696, paper, etching, etching in two parts, folded, height 214 mm x width 417 mm, garden, housing, Ekerö, Stavsund Estate, A wide engraved view shows a formal riverside estate with a large rectangular body of water in the foreground where several sailing vessels are at sea and small figures stand on the riverbank. Behind the water stretches a planted promenade lined with evenly spaced trees and pathways leading into a grand formal garden composed of symmetrically arranged parterres, fountains, circular basins, sculpted hedges, and patterned beds. Flanking the central garden are long classical buildings and pavilions with pitched roofs and multiple chimneys, courtyards enclosed by low walls, and rows of trees and orchards laid out in geometric plots. Further back the landscape opens to terraces and avenues with clipped tree lines and distant rolling hills under a shaded sky, while a decorative heraldic crest floats above the middle of the scene. Small human figures populate the grounds, walking along paths, standing by fountains, and moving near the buildings.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_085

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Keywords

View Stavsund estate Staafsund Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Willem Swidde supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1690 - 1696 paper etching two parts folded height 214 mm x width 417 mm garden housing Ekerö Stavsund Estate wide engraved view formal riverside estate large rectangular body water foreground several sailing vessels sea small figures stand riverbank water stretches planted promenade lined evenly spaced trees pathways leading grand formal garden composed symmetrically arranged parterres fountains circular basins sculpted hedges patterned beds Flanking central garden long classical buildings pavilions pitched roofs multiple chimneys courtyards enclosed low walls rows orchards laid geometric plots Further back landscape opens terraces avenues clipped tree lines distant rolling hills under shaded sky decorative heraldic crest floats middle scene Small human figures populate grounds walking paths standing moving near buildings