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View of the town of Lagny-sur-Marne, Lagny, print, album page, View of the town of Lagny-sur-Marne. 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 324 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, Lagny-sur-Marne, A wide landscape with a broad sky filled with horizontal bands of pale blues, pinks, and creams and soft, wispy clouds above a distant riverside town, the town shown with clustered red-roofed buildings and a prominent light-colored church near a bridge spanning the river, small boats on the water, cultivated fields and rolling hills in the foreground with patches of green and pink vegetation, a dirt path leading toward the water with a few small human figures walking on it, and scattered trees and shrubs on the undulating terrain.

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View town Lagny- -Marne Lagny 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 324 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 landscape broad sky filled horizontal bands pale blues pinks creams soft wispy clouds distant riverside town town shown clustered red-roofed buildings prominent light-colored church near bridge spanning small boats water cultivated fields rolling hills foreground patches pink vegetation dirt path leading small human figures walking scattered trees shrubs undulating terrain