Caption

Mortaigne, View of Mortagne-au-Perche, 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 plate edge and pasted in a hand-colored frame, title cut out of image and glued above, sky and clouds hand-painted around it, height 344 mm x width 284 mm, height 532 mm x width 320 mm, A hand-colored landscape showing a walled town with clustered red-roofed buildings and several tall church towers rising above the rooftops, set against rolling hills and fortified walls; in the foreground there is a small fortified house or castle on a hill, a river or body of water with a few small buildings on its bank, and scattered trees and paths with tiny figures and riders; the sky occupies a large portion of the scene with layered bands of pale blue and pink clouds, and the whole image is framed by a narrow yellow border.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B23_381

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Rights managed

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56.2Mb (6.3Mb) / 13.2in x 16.5in / 3970 x 4950 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mortaigne View Mortagne-au-Perche 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 344 mm x width 284 mm height 532 mm x 320 mm hand-colored landscape showing walled town clustered red-roofed buildings several tall church towers rising rooftops set rolling hills fortified walls foreground small fortified house castle hill river body water small buildings bank scattered trees paths tiny figures riders sky occupies large portion scene layered bands pale blue pink clouds whole image framed narrow yellow border