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Prosp. of the Church of Notre Dame from the side of De la Tournelle, View of the side and choir of Notre-Dame in Paris, print, album page, View of the side and choir of the church of Notre-Dame in Paris. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Matthäus Merian (II), Frankfurt am Main, Paris, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1655, colorer (graphic design artist), Hessen, paper, engraving, etching, hand coloring, cracks, torn etching and engraving hand-colored in pink, green, blue and yellow, pasted on album page, around the scene a yellow frame with red border, height 333 mm x width 279 mm, height 534 mm x width 330 mm, Print originally produced as a book illustration for: Zeiller, Martin. Topographia Galliae, oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekantisten Oerter in dem mächtigen und grossen Königreich Frankreich, 13 vols. Frankfurt am Main: Caspar Merian, 1655-1661. The print was first published in part 1: Topographia Galliae, 1655., church (exterior), Notre-Dame (Paris), A panoramic scene showing a large Gothic cathedral with twin towers near a river, surrounded by clustered buildings with red and blue roofs and a fortified wall; small boats are moored along the riverbank and a stone bridge spans the river; rolling green foreground slopes lead down to the water where a few tiny human figures stand and walk, one figure appears on horseback; the sky occupies much of the image with layered pastel clouds in shades of pink, purple, and blue stretching across the upper area.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B23_448

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Prosp Church Notre Dame side De la Tournelle View choir Notre-Dame Paris print album page church Print part album printmaker Matthäus Merian Ii Frankfurt am Main colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1655 Hessen paper engraving etching hand coloring cracks torn etching engraving hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted scene yellow frame red border height 333 mm x width 279 mm height 534 mm x 330 mm Print originally produced book illustration Zeiller Martin Topographia Galliae oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekanti dem mächtigen und grossen Königreich Frankreich 13 vols Caspar Merian 1655-1661 was first published part 1 exterior panoramic scene showing large Gothic cathedral twin towers near river surrounded clustered buildings red blue roofs fortified wall small boats moored riverbank stone bridge spans rolling green foreground slopes lead down water tiny human figures stand walk figure horseback sky occupies image layered pastel clouds shades purple stretching across upper area