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View of Place Dauphine in Paris, La Place Dauphine, print, album page, View of Place Dauphine in Paris. Several stalls on the square. In the foreground, carriages and figures. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Aldert Meyer, Northern Netherlands, after design by Nicolas Perelle, Paris, publisher: Carel Allard, Amsterdam, grantor of privilege: States of Holland and West Friesland, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1685 - 1695, colorer (graphic design artist), paper, etching, engraving, hand coloring, tears, torn etching and engraving hand-colored in pink, green, blue, and yellow, pasted onto album page, a yellow frame with a red border around the image, height 437 mm x width 268 mm, height 535 mm x width 319 mm, The print is torn along the top edge of the image. The top part has been pasted higher, so that the sky has become higher and the size of the image matches the other large-format images in the album., village square, Place, Place Dauphine, A wide vertical scene shows a pale sky filled with soft, rounded clouds in light lavender and white above a distant cityscape, with two large brick buildings and an archway centered on a broad open square. In the foreground the square is lively with many small figures dressed in colorful period clothing walking, standing, and interacting, alongside horse-drawn carriages and wagons moving along a roadway. The river runs behind the square with bridges and rows of buildings lining its banks, and the architectural details include chimneys, steep roofs, and a tall spire rising among the distant structures. The color palette is muted pastels in the sky and richer earth tones for the buildings and the varied clothing of the people.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B23_498

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Keywords

View Place Dauphine Paris La Place Dauphine print album page Several stalls square foreground carriages figures Print part album printmaker Aldert Meyer Northern Netherlands design Nicolas Perelle publisher Carel Allard Amsterdam grantor privilege States Holland West Friesland colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1685 - 1695 paper etching engraving hand coloring tears torn etching engraving hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted yellow frame red border image height 437 mm x width 268 mm height 535 mm x 319 mm torn top edge top part pasted higher sky higher size image matches large-format images village square Place wide vertical scene pale filled soft rounded clouds light lavender white distant cityscape two large brick buildings archway centered broad open square lively small figures dressed colorful period clothing walking standing interacting alongside horse-drawn carriages wagons moving roadway river runs bridges rows buildings lining banks architectural details include chimneys steep roofs tall spire rising distant structures color palette muted pastels richer earth tones buildings varied clothing people