Caption
View of the Church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in Paris, Prosp. dess Portals der Kirche de la Maison Professe des RP Jesuistes in der Gassen St. Anthoni, print, album page, View of the Church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, Church of the Jesuits 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 331 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), Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, A pastel sky with layered clouds in shades of blue, pink, and cream fills the upper part of the image, while below a detailed classical church façade with columns, statues, and decorative elements stands centrally, flanked by domed and rectangular buildings with tiled roofs and chimneys. The foreground shows a paved square with small conical bollards and a few tiny human figures and a dog, and to the right there are ruins of a brick wall and a leafy tree with green foliage. The color palette is soft with muted blues, pinks, creams, and earthy tones, and the overall scene emphasizes architectural details and the calm, layered sky above.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B23_487
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