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View of the city of Senlis, Senlis, print, album page, View of the city of Senlis. In the foreground two figures. Print is part of an album., publisher: Christoph Riegel (possibly), Nuremberg, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, c. 1690, printmaker, colorer (graphic design artist), Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, tearing, hand coloring, torn etching and engraving hand-colored in pink, green, blue, and yellow, pasted onto album page, around the image a yellow frame with a red border, height 372 mm x width 278 mm, height 536 mm x width 350 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, A wide view showing a town with fortifications and many buildings, roofs in shades of red and blue, and several tall church towers rising above the skyline; a river or moat in front of the town with bridges and earthworks; cultivated fields and grassy foreground with two standing figures near a tree, one wearing a blue garment and the other wearing a reddish garment, and a small dog nearby; a distant rider on horseback on a path to the right; layered bands of pale sky above the town with soft horizontal clouds in blue, pink, and lavender tones.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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View city Senlis print album page foreground two figures Print part album publisher Christoph Riegel Nuremberg colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague c 1690 printmaker Bavaria paper engraving etching tearing hand coloring torn etching engraving hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted image yellow frame red border height 372 mm x width 278 mm height 536 mm x 350 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 Frankfurt am Main Caspar Merian 1655-1661 was first published part 1 1655 torn off top edge title posted higher representation supplemented top painted sky city-view general veduta river wide view showing town fortifications buildings roofs shades red several tall church towers rising skyline moat front bridges earthworks cultivated fields grassy foreground two standing figures near tree wearing blue garment reddish garment small dog nearby distant rider horseback path right layered bands pale sky soft horizontal clouds lavender tones