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Compiegne, View of the city of Compiègne, print, album page, View of the city of Compiègne. 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 313 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', Compiègne, A wide horizontal scene shows a town set along a riverbank with buildings clustered behind a defensive wall and towers, many roofs colored red and blue and several spires and steeples rising above. In the foreground there are grassy and sandy riverbanks with a stone bridge crossing a water channel and small figures walking and riding horses along paths. Small boats and a wooden pier sit on the river near the town, and hills with scattered trees rise behind the buildings. The sky above is filled with soft horizontal bands of pale blues, pinks, and creams, with large diffuse cloud shapes spreading across the upper area. The overall image has a hand-colored, printed appearance with delicate shading and fine line work.

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Compiegne View city Compiègne 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 313 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 town set riverbank buildings clustered defensive wall towers roofs colored red several spires steeples rising foreground grassy sandy riverbanks stone bridge crossing water channel small figures walking riding horses paths Small boats wooden pier sit river near town hills scattered trees rise buildings sky filled soft horizontal bands pale blues pinks creams large diffuse cloud shapes spreading across upper area hand-colored printed appearance delicate shading fine line work