Caption
View of Rinkesta Castle and mansion Räfsnäs, Ringsta, Räesnääs, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Nicolas Perelle, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1670 - 1674, paper, etching, height 261 mm x width 344 mm, housing, Strängnäs, Eskilstuna, Slot Rinkesta, Räfsnäs Mansion, A detailed engraving shows two horizontal scenes separated by a narrow blank band: the upper scene features a large ornate manor with tall windows and steep gables set behind a formal parterre garden of symmetrical patterned beds and circular fountains, with small figures walking the paths and animals grazing in the foreground meadow, framed by clusters of trees and a few small outbuildings and distant hills; decorative cartouches appear near the top corners. The lower scene depicts a riverside landscape with a classical house rising on the right, tall trees and rocky ground in front, a calm river with small boats and figures fishing, and rolling wooded hills and distant landscape across the water, with a floating ornamental emblem near the top left of this scene.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A75_097
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