Caption

Lemovicum, Limoges, View of Limoges, 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), Hesse, 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, surrounding sky and clouds hand-painted, height 306 mm x width 307 mm, height 532 mm x width 636 mm, A wide landscape scene with a pale sky showing bands of blue and pink clouds above a town skyline; tall church steeples and towers rise among clustered buildings with red and blue roofs; rolling green fields and hedgerows surround the town, with a winding dirt path leading toward it; trees frame the left edge and small figures, including a person on horseback and a walking companion, appear on a foreground hill.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B23_390

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.7Mb (9.3Mb) / 14.1in x 14.0in / 4230 x 4191 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lemovicum Limoges View print album page part album publisher Caspar Merian Frankfurt am Main colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1657 printmaker Hesse paper engraving etching hand coloring hand-colored cut within plate edge pasted hand-colored frame title cut image glued surrounding sky clouds hand-painted height 306 mm x width 307 mm height 532 mm x 636 mm wide landscape scene pale sky showing bands blue pink clouds town skyline tall church steeples towers rise clustered buildings red blue roofs rolling green fields hedgerows surround town winding dirt path leading trees frame left edge small figures person horseback walking companion foreground hill