Caption
View of Årsta mansion, Åhrsta versus Orientem, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, Stockholm, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1710, paper, etching, height 282 mm x width 338 mm, housing, Herenhuis Årsta, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, A detailed engraving shows a symmetrical garden and estate viewed from above, with a central multi-story house topped by a flag and a domed roof, flanked by smaller pavilions and long buildings. Formal garden beds and rows of trees radiate from the house toward a gated entrance in the foreground, with an ornate gateway breaking a wooden fence. Along the fence, carriages, horses, and small groups of people are depicted on a road. Beyond the estate, rolling countryside with scattered trees, fields, and distant buildings stretches to a textured sky. The lower portion of the sheet contains additional engravings, including an interior architectural view with columns and a multi-level hall, a landscape with a river and buildings, and a classical sculptural group set in an arched niche.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A75_091
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