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The Porte Saint Bernard, View of the Porte Saint-Bernard in Paris, print, album page, View of the Porte Saint-Bernard in Paris. In the foreground various walkers and horsemen. On the right, activity along the banks of the Seine. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Laurens Scherm, Northern Netherlands, after print by Nicolas Perelle, Paris, publisher: Carel Allard, Amsterdam, grantor of privilege: States of Holland and West Friesland, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1689 - 1701, Nicolas Perelle, after print by, colorer (graphic design artist), paper, etching, hand coloring, tearing, torn etching hand-colored in pink, green, blue, and yellow, pasted onto album page, a yellow frame with a red border around the image, height 435 mm x width 271 mm, height 535 mm x width 319 mm, The print is torn along the top edge of the image. The top part has been pasted higher, so that the sky has become higher and the size of the image matches the other large-format images in the album., city-gate, Porte Saint-Bernard, A wide vertical view shows a pale sky with bands of soft blue and pink and a single rounded cloud near the upper center, above a detailed city scene at the bottom edge; the lower area features a grand stone archway on the left with sculpted reliefs, a busy street in front crowded with many small figures walking, riding horses, and handling wagons and carts, flanked by brick buildings and towers, a river on the right with boats and people along the banks, a stone bridge with arches spanning the water, rows of multi-story buildings with pitched roofs along the riverbank, and scattered architectural details and rooftops extending toward the horizon.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B23_443

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48.2Mb (8.1Mb) / 10.7in x 17.4in / 3218 x 5231 (300dpi)

Keywords

Porte Saint Bernard View Porte Saint-Bernard Paris print album page foreground various walkers horsemen right activity banks Seine Print part album printmaker Laurens Scherm Northern Netherlands Nicolas Perelle publisher Carel Allard Amsterdam grantor privilege States Holland West Friesland colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1689 - 1701 paper etching hand coloring tearing torn hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted yellow frame red border image height 435 mm x width 271 mm height 535 mm x 319 mm top edge top part pasted higher sky higher size image matches large-format images city-gate wide vertical view pale sky bands soft blue single rounded cloud near upper center detailed city scene bottom edge lower area features grand stone archway left sculpted reliefs busy street front crowded small figures walking riding horses handling wagons carts flanked brick buildings towers river boats people stone bridge arches spanning water rows multi-story buildings pitched roofs riverbank scattered architectural details rooftops extending horizon