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Anet, View of Château d'Anet from a bird's-eye perspective, print, album page, View of Château d'Anet from a bird's-eye perspective. An ornamental cartouche in the sky at the top center. 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, tears, torn etching and engraving colored by hand in pink, green, blue and yellow, pasted on album page, around the scene a yellow frame with red border, height 354 mm x width 280 mm, height 536 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. The print is torn off along the top edge of the image. The torn-out title is pasted on an ornamental coat of arms. The representation is supplemented at the top with a painted sky., castle, bird's eye view, representation of building, Château d'Anet, A painted aerial view of a large formal estate with geometric garden beds, fountains, and hedges surrounded by walls and buildings, featuring mansard roofs, towers, courtyards, and gateways; a central entrance with sculptural decoration faces a road where a carriage and figures are visible; beyond the walled complex are fields, tree-lined avenues, wooded hills, and scattered small buildings; high in the sky a decorative cartouche with ornate gold and green framing and cherubic figures floats against a backdrop of layered pastel clouds and horizontal bands of pale blue and pink.

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Anet View Château d'Anet bird's-eye perspective print album page ornamental cartouche sky top center Print part album printmaker Matthäus Merian Ii Frankfurt am Main Paris colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1655 Hessen paper engraving etching hand coloring tears torn etching engraving colored hand pink green blue yellow pasted scene yellow frame red border height 354 mm x width 280 mm height 536 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 torn off top edge image torn- title ornamental coat arms representation supplemented top painted sky castle bird's eye view building painted aerial view large formal estate geometric garden beds fountains hedges surrounded walls buildings featuring mansard roofs towers courtyards gateways central entrance sculptural decoration faces road carriage figures visible beyond walled complex fields tree-lined avenues wooded hills scattered small buildings high decorative cartouche ornate gold green framing cherubic figures floats backdrop layered pastel clouds horizontal bands pale blue pink