Caption

Wenngarn, Wÿk, View of Venngarn and Wÿk castle, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Nicolas Perelle, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1670 - 1674, paper, etching, height 264 mm x width 342 mm, housing, Sigtuna, Slot Venngarn, The image shows two engraved landscape scenes stacked vertically separated by a horizontal border; the upper scene depicts a large stone building with ornate gables and towers set on a rocky rise with rows of small rounded bushes in front and a cluster of smaller buildings and cultivated rectangular plots stretching into the distance under a sky filled with fine horizontal cloud lines and scattered small birds, while the lower scene shows a waterfront view with a tall multi-story house on a rocky promontory surrounded by smaller houses, a body of water behind it, distant rolling hills, and two large trees in the foreground with textured trunks and foliage, all rendered in fine line engraving.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A75_087

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.4Mb (11.4Mb) / 13.8in x 10.8in / 4141 x 3242 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wenngarn Wÿk View Venngarn Wÿk castle Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Nicolas Perelle supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1670 - 1674 paper etching height 264 mm x width 342 mm housing Sigtuna Slot Venngarn image two engraved landscape scenes stacked vertically separated horizontal border upper scene depicts large stone building ornate gables towers set rocky rise rows small rounded bushes front cluster smaller buildings cultivated rectangular plots stretching distance under sky filled fine horizontal cloud lines scattered small birds lower scene waterfront view tall multi-story house rocky promontory surrounded smaller houses body water distant rolling hills two large trees foreground textured trunks foliage rendered fine line engraving