Caption

View of the cities of Västervik and Vimmerby, Westerwik, Wimmerby, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, Stockholm, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1707, paper, etching, etching in two parts, folded, height 259 mm x width 377 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', Västervik, Vimmerby, A wide engraved scene divided into two horizontal views separated by a decorative emblem; the upper view shows a waterfront town with rows of small houses and steeples along a shoreline, ships with sails and masts sailing and anchored in the water, a large fortlike building on the right edge by the water, and distant hills under a banded sky. The lower view depicts a pastoral landscape with fenced fields, winding lanes, scattered farmhouses and a clustered village on a low ridge, figures walking and working, grazing livestock, a cart drawn by animals on a road in the foreground, and a backdrop of rolling hills and trees beneath a sky with horizontal cloud bands.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_128

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Keywords

View cities Västervik Vimmerby Westerwik Wimmerby Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna print album page printmaker Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele Stockholm supervision Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1707 paper etching two parts folded height 259 mm x width 377 mm city-view general veduta wide engraved scene divided two horizontal views separated decorative emblem upper view waterfront town rows small houses steeples shoreline ships sails masts sailing anchored water large fortlike building right edge distant hills under banded sky lower view depicts pastoral landscape fenced fields winding lanes scattered farmhouses clustered village low ridge figures walking working grazing livestock cart drawn animals road foreground backdrop rolling hills trees beneath sky horizontal cloud bands