Caption
View of Djursholm Castle, Diursholm, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, print, album page, printmaker: Jean Lepautre, supervision: Erik Jönssen Dahlberg, 1669, paper, etching, height 235 mm x width 377 mm, Djursholm Castle, An engraved scene showing a large multi-story stone building with many windows and a steep tiled roof topped by a domed tower, adjacent lower wings and a central courtyard with formal pathways and decorative parterres, rows of trees and sculpted garden beds in the foreground, a grand columnar obelisk set on a raised stepped platform with cannons and carriages nearby, small groups of walking figures scattered through the courtyard and on paths, ornate architectural details on gatehouses and roof balustrades, a pair of cherubic figures holding a pair of crowned shields suspended beneath a large flowing ribbon-like cartouche in the sky, distant low hills and a wide body of water on the horizon, and a sky filled with layered clouds.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A75_156
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