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View of the church and monastery of Saint-Victor in Paris, Prosp. der Kirche S. Victor, print, album page, View of the church and monastery of Saint-Victor in Paris. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Matthäus Merian (II), Frankfurt am Main, Paris, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1655, colorer (graphic design artist), Hessen, paper, engraving, etching, hand coloring, cracks, torn etching and engraving hand-colored in pink, green, blue and yellow, pasted on album page, around the scene a yellow frame with red border, height 337 mm x width 282 mm, height 534 mm x width 330 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., church (exterior), abbey, monastery, convent, Roman Catholic church, Abbaye Saint-Victor, A large Gothic church with tall pointed towers and arched windows sits amid dense green trees and a walled enclosure, its stone roof and buttressed walls visible from a distance. In front of the church, a flat open field shows small groups of people walking, standing, and riding horses, with two figures nearer the foreground one standing with a staff and another seated on the ground. A solitary leafless tree with a few small green shoots stands to the right, and low rolling hills and scattered buildings appear in the background. The sky above is filled with layered soft clouds in pale blue, pink, and lavender hues.

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View church monastery Saint-Victor Paris Prosp der Kirche S Victor print album page Print part album printmaker Matthäus Merian Ii Frankfurt am Main colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1655 Hessen paper engraving etching hand coloring cracks torn etching engraving hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted scene yellow frame red border height 337 mm x width 282 mm height 534 mm x 330 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 exterior abbey convent Roman Catholic church Abbaye Saint-Victor large Gothic church tall pointed towers arched windows sits dense green trees walled enclosure stone roof buttressed walls visible distance front flat open field small groups people walking standing riding horses two figures nearer foreground staff another seated ground solitary leafless tree small green shoots stands right low rolling hills scattered buildings background sky filled layered soft clouds pale blue lavender hues