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Carlstad, Christinehambn, View of Karlstad and Kristinehamn, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, Stockholm, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1699, paper, etching, height 272 mm x width 335 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', Karlstad, Kristinehamn, A wide panoramic engraving shows two horizontal cityscapes separated by a blank band, each depicting a waterfront town with clustered buildings and prominent church steeples rising above rows of houses, surrounded by distant rolling hills and tree lines; the upper scene includes a long bridge crossing a body of water with ships and boats moored and sailing nearby, timber buildings and leafy trees in the foreground, and a coat of arms above the town, while the lower scene shows a dense arrangement of rooftops along the shore, small vessels in the water, wooded foreground hills with people and animals, and tall slender trees framing parts of the view.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_109

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Carlstad Christinehambn View Karlstad Kristinehamn Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele Stockholm supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1699 paper etching height 272 mm x width 335 mm city-view general veduta wide panoramic engraving two horizontal cityscapes separated blank band depicting waterfront town clustered buildings prominent church steeples rising rows houses surrounded distant rolling hills tree lines upper scene includes long bridge crossing body water ships boats moored sailing nearby timber buildings leafy trees foreground coat arms town lower scene dense arrangement rooftops shore small vessels wooded hills people animals tall slender trees framing parts view