Behind the Meat Market, Maastricht, print, printmaker: Alexander Schaepkens, 1830 - 1899, paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, etching and drypoint, height 154 mm x width 107 mm, The gate gave access to the Meat Market, where in earlier times the butchers sold their wares. The property extended into the Grote Staat, where the main entrance was., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, A detailed monochrome etching of a dense urban scene showing closely packed buildings with varied rooflines and architectural styles, including pitched roofs, gables, and a prominent roofed entrance with an arched opening; narrow alleys and shadowed recesses run between the structures, and a taller tower-like structure with a domed top rises toward the sky in the distance; façades display brick and timber textures rendered with fine crosshatching, and small windows of different shapes appear across the buildings; the sky above is filled with softly etched clouds and horizontal line work.
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Behind the Meat Market, Maastricht, print, printmaker: Alexander Schaepkens, 1830 - 1899, paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, etching and drypoint, height 154 mm x width 107 mm, The gate gave access to the Meat Market, where in earlier times the butchers sold their wares. The property extended into the Grote Staat, where the main entrance was., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, A detailed monochrome etching of a dense urban scene showing closely packed buildings with varied rooflines and architectural styles, including pitched roofs, gables, and a prominent roofed entrance with an arched opening; narrow alleys and shadowed recesses run between the structures, and a taller tower-like structure with a domed top rises toward the sky in the distance; façades display brick and timber textures rendered with fine crosshatching, and small windows of different shapes appear across the buildings; the sky above is filled with softly etched clouds and horizontal line work.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A85_347

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Meat Market Maastricht print printmaker Alexander Schaepkens 1830 - 1899 paper chine collé etching drypoint height 154 mm x width 107 mm gate gave access earlier times butchers sold wares property extended Grote Staat main entrance was city-view landscape man- constructions detailed monochrome etching dense urban scene showing closely packed buildings varied rooflines architectural styles pitched roofs gables prominent roofed entrance arched opening narrow alleys shadowed recesses run structures taller tower- structure domed top rises sky distance façades display brick timber textures rendered fine crosshatching small windows different shapes across buildings filled softly etched clouds horizontal line work

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