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Prosp. des Somerantzen Garten zu Ruel, View of the orangery and a gate at Château du Val de Ruel, print, album page, View of the orangery and a gate at Château du Val de Ruel. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Matthäus Merian (II), Frankfurt am Main, after print by Gabriel Perelle, Paris, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1655, Gabriel Perelle, after print by, colorer (graphic design artist), Hessen, paper, engraving, etching, tearing, hand coloring, 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 374 mm x width 282 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 title is posted higher. The scene is supplemented at the top with a painted sky, greenhouse, orangery, Château du Val de Ruel, A wide scene showing a formal garden and architectural facade with a long colonnaded building on the left and a triumphal arch centered ahead of a symmetrical parterre with a central fountain, flanked by clipped trees and hedges leading to a reflecting pool in the foreground; a group of small figures in period dress walk and converse on the open terrace area, one figure stands alone closer to the front, and a large grove of tall, leafy trees occupies the right side; the sky above is painted in layered pastel bands with pale blue, cream, and pink hues and soft, cloudlike forms.

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Prosp des Somerantzen Garten zu Ruel View orangery gate Château du Val de Ruel print album page Print part album printmaker Matthäus Merian Ii Frankfurt am Main Gabriel Perelle Paris colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1655 Hessen paper engraving etching tearing hand coloring torn etching engraving hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted scene yellow frame red border height 374 mm x width 282 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 title posted higher supplemented top painted sky greenhouse wide scene showing formal garden architectural facade long colonnaded building left triumphal arch centered ahead symmetrical parterre central fountain flanked clipped trees hedges leading reflecting pool foreground group small figures period dress walk converse open terrace area figure stands alone closer front large grove tall leafy trees occupies right side sky painted layered pastel bands pale blue cream pink hues soft cloudlike forms