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Prosp. dess Pallasts de Duc d'Orleans who spent their time in the garden, View of the rear facade and gardens of the Palais du Luxembourg, print, album page, View of the rear facade and gardens of the Palais du Luxembourg from the side. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Matthäus Merian (II), Frankfurt am Main, after print by Israël Silvestre, Paris, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1655, Matthäus Merian (II), Israël Silvestre, Anna Beeck, printmaker, after print by, 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, surrounded by a yellow frame with a red border, height 343 mm x width 256 mm, height 536 mm x width 316 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., palace, Palais du Luxembourg, A wide sky with soft bands of pastel colors fills the upper part of the image, with layered clouds rendered in light grays and creams; below the sky, classical multi-story buildings with detailed facades and blue-gray roofs occupy the left side, showing windows and architectural ornamentation, while a formal garden with geometric grassy beds, trimmed hedges, and a circular water feature stretches across the foreground and middle ground; small groups of people in period clothing are scattered along path

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Prosp dess Pallasts de Duc d'Orleans spent time garden View rear facade gardens Palais du Luxembourg print album page side Print part album printmaker Matthäus Merian Ii Frankfurt am Main Israël Silvestre Paris 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 surrounded yellow frame red border height 343 mm x width 256 mm height 536 mm x 316 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 image upper part pasted higher sky higher size image matches large-format images supplemented top painted sky palace wide sky soft bands pastel colors fills layered clouds rendered light grays creams classical multi-story buildings detailed facades blue-gray roofs occupy left side showing windows architectural ornamentation formal garden geometric grassy beds trimmed hedges circular water feature stretches across foreground middle ground small groups people period clothing scattered path