Caption

View of the city of Gävle, Giawle, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, Stockholm, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1700, paper, etching, etching in two parts, folded, height 222 mm x width 416 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', Gävle, A wide monochrome engraving shows a cityscape seen from a rocky foreground with scattered boulders and small paths where tiny figures walk and ride; the middle ground is filled with densely packed buildings of varying rooflines, towers, and steeples, including a prominent large multi-towered cathedral-like structure and several larger roofed halls, with smaller houses stretching toward the shoreline at the right where ships and boats are visible on the water; the distant background contains low rolling hills beneath a sky rendered with horizontal hatch shading, and ornamental cartouche artwork appears near the top center.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_111

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38.5Mb (10.7Mb) / 16.1in x 9.3in / 4824 x 2788 (300dpi)

Keywords

View city Gävle Giawle Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele Stockholm supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1700 paper etching two parts folded height 222 mm x width 416 mm city-view general veduta wide monochrome engraving cityscape rocky foreground scattered boulders small paths tiny figures walk ride middle ground filled densely packed buildings varying rooflines towers steeples prominent large multi-towered cathedral- structure several larger roofed halls smaller houses stretching shoreline right ships boats visible water distant background contains low rolling hills beneath sky rendered horizontal hatch shading ornamental cartouche artwork near top center