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Meulan, View of the city of Meulan, print, album page, View of the city of Meulan. In the foreground the river Seine. 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 297 mm x width 315 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', river, Meulan-en-Yvelines, A wide pale sky with layered horizontal washes of blue, pink, and cream fills the upper area, with soft cloud shapes and faint linear shading; below the sky a green rolling hillside rises, topped by clustered buildings including a prominent church with a tall steeple and other small rooftops in muted reds and blues, surrounded by fortification walls and pathways; nearer the foreground a waterfront scene shows a calm body of water with a sailing boat at anchor, a small jetty, and low grassy spits of land, while another church tower and scattered houses sit along the shoreline to the right.

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Meulan View city print album page foreground river Seine 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 297 mm x width 315 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 river Meulan-en-Yvelines wide pale sky layered horizontal washes cream fills upper area soft cloud shapes faint linear shading sky rolling hillside rises topped clustered buildings prominent church tall steeple small rooftops muted reds blues fortification walls pathways nearer waterfront scene calm body water sailing boat anchor small jetty low grassy spits land another church tower scattered houses sit shoreline right