Caption

View of Chavigny Castle in Lerné, Chasteau de Chavigny en Touraine, print, album page, This print is part of an album., publisher: Caspar Merian, Frankfurt am Main, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1657, printmaker, colorer (graphic design artist), Hessen, paper, engraving, etching, hand coloring, etching and engraving, hand-colored, cut within the plate edge and pasted in a hand-colored frame, title cut out of the image and glued above, sky and clouds hand-painted around it, height 325 mm x width 287 mm, height 532 mm x width 320 mm, A wide hand-colored print showing a large stone chateau with steep blue-gray roofs, dormer windows, chimneys, and decorative roof finials, set behind a low wall and formal gardens with geometric beds, pathways, and rows of trees; small figures and a horse and rider appear on the sandy foreground path in front of the wall; puffs of dark smoke rise from several chimneys above the roofline; rolling green hills and distant buildings are visible beyond the gardens; the sky fills the upper area with soft horizontal bands of blue and pink and layered clouds in shades of purple and gray, all framed by a broad yellow border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B23_379

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Available size

54.2Mb (5.8Mb) / 13.2in x 15.9in / 3961 x 4781 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Chavigny Castle Lerné Chasteau de Chavigny en Touraine print album page part album publisher Caspar Merian Frankfurt am Main colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1657 printmaker Hessen paper engraving etching hand coloring hand-colored cut within plate edge pasted hand-colored frame title cut image glued sky clouds hand-painted height 325 mm x width 287 mm height 532 mm x 320 mm wide hand-colored print showing large stone chateau steep blue-gray roofs dormer windows chimneys decorative roof finials set low wall formal gardens geometric beds pathways rows trees small figures horse rider sandy foreground path front wall puffs dark smoke rise several chimneys roofline rolling green hills distant buildings visible beyond gardens sky fills upper area soft horizontal bands blue pink layered clouds shades purple gray framed broad yellow border