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View of the Seine in Paris with the arsenal on the left, Prosp. desz Zeughauss in Parijs und du Mail, print, album page, View of the Seine in Paris with the weapons storage building on the left. 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, tears, 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 344 mm x width 330 mm, height 536 mm x width 620 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 parts. Frankfurt am Main: Caspar Merian, 1655-1661. The print was first published in volume 1: Topographia Galliae, 1655. The print has been torn along the top edge of the image. The upper 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. The image has been supplemented at the top with a painted sky., river, ammunition store, arsenal, A wide painted view shows a calm river scene with several small boats on the water and people rowing or seated in them, a riverbank with figures walking and standing, and stacked barrels and cargo near the shore; a stone gateway and brick walls sit at the water's edge with a few people nearby, and behind them a cluster of tall leafy trees; across the river a town with various buildings and steeples rises along the horizon; the sky above displays soft pastel bands of color with pale clouds and gentle horizontal lines, and a faint vertical crease runs down the center

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View Seine Paris arsenal left Prosp desz Zeughauss Parijs und du Mail print album page weapons storage building Print part album printmaker Matthäus Merian Ii Frankfurt am Main colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1655 Hessen paper engraving etching hand coloring tears torn etching engraving hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted image yellow frame red border height 344 mm x width 330 mm height 536 mm x 620 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 parts Caspar Merian 1655-1661 was first published volume 1 torn top edge upper part pasted higher sky higher size image matches large-format images supplemented top painted sky river ammunition store wide painted view calm river scene several small boats water people rowing seated them riverbank figures walking standing stacked barrels cargo near shore stone gateway brick walls sit water's edge people nearby cluster tall leafy trees across town various buildings steeples rises horizon displays soft pastel bands color pale clouds gentle horizontal lines faint vertical crease runs down center