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View of the place Henrichemont, Prospectus Montis Henrici vulgo Montherri, print, album page, situated on a mountain. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Symon Novelanus (possibly), Cologne, printmaker: Frans Hogenberg (possibly), after drawing by Joris Hoefnagel, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1596, colorer (graphic design artist), paper, engraving, etching, hand coloring, tears, 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 372 mm x width 237 mm, height 536 mm x width 345 mm, Print originally produced as a book illustration for: Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 6 volumes. Cologne: 1572-1617. The print was first published in volume 5: Urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum, 1596. The print has been torn along the top edge of the hills. The upper part with the sky has been pasted on higher, so that the sky has become higher and the size of the image matches the other large-format images in the album., city-view in general, 'veduta', mountains, Henrichemont, A tall vertical landscape showing a distant hilltop fortress with towers and surrounding walls, set amid patchwork fields and clusters of trees that slope down toward the foreground; a wide pale sky with soft blue and pink bands and two rounded cloud shapes dominates the upper half; midground terraces and cultivated plots with winding paths lead to the hill, and small villages with steeples are scattered across the plain; in the lower foreground a rocky ledge frames a narrow passage where three small figures stand and two other small figures stand on a nearby ridge, one wearing a cloak; a lone windswept tree grows on the left foreground edge and rounded boulders and tufts of grass sit o

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View place Henrichemont Prospectus Montis Henrici vulgo Montherri print album page situated mountain Print part album printmaker Symon Novelanus Cologne Frans Hogenberg drawing Joris Hoefnagel colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1596 paper engraving etching hand coloring tears torn etching engraving hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted surrounded yellow frame red border height 372 mm x width 237 mm height 536 mm x 345 mm Print originally produced book illustration Georg Braun Civitates Orbis Terrarum 6 volumes 1572-1617 was first published volume 5 Urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum torn top edge hills upper part sky higher size image matches large-format images city-view general veduta mountains Henrichemont tall vertical landscape showing distant hilltop fortress towers surrounding walls set patchwork fields clusters trees slope down foreground wide pale sky soft blue pink bands two rounded cloud shapes dominates upper half midground terraces cultivated plots winding paths lead hill small villages steeples scattered across plain lower foreground rocky ledge frames narrow passage three small figures stand small figures stand nearby ridge wearing cloak lone windswept tree grows left foreground edge rounded boulders tufts grass sit o