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Veuë du Palais de la Vigne de Ludovisio a Rome, Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome, Views of Italy, print, album page, View of Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome. Title in French in the bottom margin. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Israël Silvestre, Paris, publisher: Israël Henriet, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, grantor of privilege: French Crown, France, 1631 - 1691, 1693 - 1717, colorer (graphic design artist), paper, colour, etching, torn, etching hand-colored in pink, green, blue, and yellow, pasted onto album page, around the print a yellow frame with a red border, height 325 mm x width 245 mm, Print is part of a series of 15 prints (title print) with views of Italy. The print has been torn along the top edge of the image. The scene is supplemented at the top with a painted sky., villa, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, Rome, Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, A wide pale sky with soft blue and cream tones fills the upper area, with rounded, cloudlike shapes faintly outlined in a muted gray; below the sky a horizontal band of soft pink and blue suggests a distant horizon above a low wall and a formal garden area. In the midground a grand classical building with a central ornate facade flanked by simpler wings stands behind a long reddish-brown wall; the central section has columns, decorative sculptural elements atop the roofline, and a symmetrical arrangement of windows and doorways, while the wings have rows of windows and pitched roofs. In front of the wall a level sandy area contains small groups of people dressed in colorful garments, some standing, some walking, many in pairs or clusters, and a few carrying canes or stafflike objects. On the left a tall, slightly windswept tree with sparse branches rises above dense, dark gr

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Veuë du Palais de la Vigne de Ludovisio Rome Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi Views Italy print album page View Title French bottom margin Print part album printmaker Israël Silvestre Paris publisher Israël Henriet colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague grantor privilege French Crown France 1631 - 1691 1693 - 1717 paper colour etching torn etching hand-colored pink green blue yellow pasted yellow frame red border height 325 mm x width 245 mm series 15 prints title print views top edge image scene supplemented top painted sky villa city-view landscape man- constructions wide pale sky soft blue cream tones fills upper area rounded cloudlike shapes faintly outlined muted gray sky horizontal band soft pink distant horizon low wall formal garden area midground grand classical building central ornate facade flanked simpler wings stands long reddish-brown wall central section columns decorative sculptural elements atop roofline symmetrical arrangement windows doorways wings rows pitched roofs front wall level sandy area contains small groups people dressed colorful garments standing walking pairs clusters carrying canes stafflike objects left tall slightly windswept tree sparse branches rises dense dark gr