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View of the city of Étampes, Estampes, print, album page, View of the city of Étampes. The castle tower is on the right. 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 316 mm x width 320 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 scene is supplemented at the top with a painted sky., city-view in general, 'veduta', river, Étampes, A wide pale sky with soft horizontal bands of blue and pink washes and scattered cloud shapes fills the upper area, below which a distant town with clustered buildings and church spires sits against rolling green hills, a taller ruined tower standing on a slope to the right; in the foreground a winding river and meandering waterways cut through marshy land dotted with small houses and trees, while three small figures and a dog stand on a grassy ridge near a twisted tree and another figure reclines nearby, and two riders are visible further along a track.

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View city Étampes Estampes print album page castle tower right 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 316 mm x width 320 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 scene supplemented top painted sky city-view general veduta river wide pale sky soft horizontal bands pink washes scattered cloud shapes fills upper area distant town clustered buildings church spires sits rolling green hills taller ruined tower standing slope foreground winding river meandering waterways cut marshy land dotted small houses trees three small figures dog stand grassy ridge near twisted tree another figure reclines nearby two riders visible further track