Caption

Civitas vetus Luhlae, Civitas nova Luhlae, View of Luleå, the old and new town, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, Stockholm, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1700, paper, etching, height 267 mm x width 376 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', Lulea, A wide, detailed engraved view of two panoramic town scenes stacked vertically, each showing clusters of small buildings, larger church-like structures with steeples, and surrounding landscape; the upper scene features a row of bare trees in the foreground, open fields, boats on a body of water, a fortified town with many rooftops and a prominent large building, and distant rolling hills under a lined sky; the lower scene shows denser tree cover in the foreground, a harbor with multiple sailing ships and smaller boats, rows of tightly packed houses climbing a slope toward several churches and larger civic buildings, rocky outcrops and windmills near the shoreline, and a patterned sky above.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_113

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Keywords

Civitas vetus Luhlae Civitas nova Luhlae View Luleå old new town Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele Stockholm supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1700 paper etching height 267 mm x width 376 mm city-view general veduta Lulea wide detailed engraved view two panoramic town scenes stacked vertically showing clusters small buildings larger church- structures steeples surrounding landscape upper scene features row bare trees foreground open fields boats body water fortified town rooftops prominent large building distant rolling hills under lined sky lower scene denser tree cover harbor multiple sailing ships smaller boats rows tightly packed houses climbing slope several churches larger civic buildings rocky outcrops windmills near shoreline patterned sky