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Beauvais, View of the city of Beauvais, print, album page, View of the city of Beauvais. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Matthäus Merian (II), Frankfurt am Main, after drawing by Jan Peeters (I), colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1655, colorer (graphic design artist), Hessen, paper, engraving, etching, tearing, hand coloring, torn etching and engraving hand-colored in pink, green, blue, and yellow, pasted onto album page, surrounded by a yellow frame with a red border, height 294 mm x width 300 mm, height 536 mm x width 660 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 representation is supplemented at the top with a painted sky., city-view in general, 'veduta', A wide horizontal scene dominated by a pale sky with soft bands of blue, pink, and cream and wispy cloud shapes, below which a walled town stretches across the middle ground with numerous tiled roofs, church towers, and a large cathedral-like building with a tall spire and ornate facade, surrounded by green rolling hills. In the foreground gently undulating fields and paths are shown in earthy tones, with small human figures and animals engaged in simple activities: a person leading a pack animal, another on horseback, and two seated figures atop a small rise near a dog. The composition uses delicate watercolor washes and fine engraved lines to render architecture, landscape, and distant horizontal bands of land and water.

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Beauvais View city print album page Print part album printmaker Matthäus Merian Ii Frankfurt am Main drawing Jan Peeters I 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 surrounded yellow frame red border height 294 mm x width 300 mm height 536 mm x 660 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 representation supplemented top painted sky city-view general veduta wide horizontal scene dominated pale sky soft bands cream wispy cloud shapes walled town stretches across middle ground numerous tiled roofs church towers large cathedral- building tall spire ornate facade rolling hills foreground gently undulating fields paths shown earthy tones small human figures animals engaged simple activities person leading pack animal another horseback two seated figures atop small rise near dog composition uses delicate watercolor washes fine engraved lines render architecture landscape distant horizontal bands land water