Grääsnääs, Nääs, View of Gräfsnäs Castle and Nääs Castle, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Willem Swidde, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1697, paper, etching, height 281 mm x width 342 mm, housing, Alingsås, Slot Gräfsnäs, Nääs Castle, A wide engraved scene showing two horizontal views stacked vertically, each depicting a large multi-towered mansion or castle on raised ground by a body of water, with surrounding outbuildings, trees, and distant hills under a sky with clouds; the upper view features a formal building with multiple domed turrets, a fortified embankment, a small village at the waterline, scattered trees on grassy slopes, small groups of people walking and standing, a few figures on horseback in a flat area, and coats of arms above the building; the lower view shows a similar manor on a wooded hill above a wide river, shoreline buildings and boats on the water, dense clusters of trees in the foreground, a tall columnar monument on a block bas...
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Grääsnääs, Nääs, View of Gräfsnäs Castle and Nääs Castle, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Willem Swidde, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1697, paper, etching, height 281 mm x width 342 mm, housing, Alingsås, Slot Gräfsnäs, Nääs Castle, A wide engraved scene showing two horizontal views stacked vertically, each depicting a large multi-towered mansion or castle on raised ground by a body of water, with surrounding outbuildings, trees, and distant hills under a sky with clouds; the upper view features a formal building with multiple domed turrets, a fortified embankment, a small village at the waterline, scattered trees on grassy slopes, small groups of people walking and standing, a few figures on horseback in a flat area, and coats of arms above the building; the lower view shows a similar manor on a wooded hill above a wide river, shoreline buildings and boats on the water, dense clusters of trees in the foreground, a tall columnar monument on a block base near the water, a horse-drawn cart and a walking figure on a road, and small human figures along paths and near the trees.

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Grääsnääs Nääs View Gräfsnäs Castle Nääs Castle Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Willem Swidde supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1697 paper etching height 281 mm x width 342 mm housing Alingsås Slot Gräfsnäs wide engraved scene showing two horizontal views stacked vertically depicting large multi-towered mansion castle raised ground body water surrounding outbuildings trees distant hills under sky clouds upper view features formal building multiple domed turrets fortified embankment small village waterline scattered trees grassy slopes small groups people walking standing figures horseback flat area coats arms building lower view manor wooded hill wide river shoreline buildings boats dense clusters foreground tall columnar monument block base near horse-drawn cart walking figure road small human figures paths near trees

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