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Jardin du cardinal Montalte, Garden at the Villa Montalto in Rome, Views of Rome and the surroundings, print, album page, View of the garden at the Villa Montalto in Rome. Three tree-lined avenues lead towards the villa. Title in French and an empty coat of arms in the lower 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 315 mm x width 247 mm, Print is part of a series of 9 prints with views of Rome and the surrounding area. The print has been torn along the top edge of the image. The scene is supplemented at the top with a painted sky., garden, villa, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, Rome, Villa Montalto, A pale sky with soft blue and cream tones fills most of the image, punctuated by several rounded, lavender-edged clouds. Below the sky a landscape shows tall, dense trees in varying shades of green forming a wooded area with some cypress-like slender trees and broader leafy trees. A multi-story stone building with classical architectural elements is partially visible behind the trees. In the foreground a formal entrance or terrace with stone balustrades, decorative urns, and sculpted elements opens onto a wide paved area. Small groups of people in period clothing stand or walk near the terrace and along pathways. The composition includes distant rolling hills rendered in soft pastel colors and a decorative cartouche centered at the bottom edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B24_021

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Jardin du cardinal Montalte Garden Villa Montalto Rome Views surroundings print album page View garden Three tree-lined avenues lead towards villa Title French empty coat arms lower 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 315 mm x width 247 mm series 9 prints views surrounding area top edge image scene supplemented top painted sky city-view landscape man- constructions pale sky soft blue cream tones fills punctuated several rounded lavender-edged clouds sky tall dense trees varying shades green forming wooded area cypress- slender trees broader leafy trees multi-story stone building classical architectural elements partially visible trees foreground formal entrance terrace stone balustrades decorative urns sculpted elements opens wide paved area Small groups people period clothing stand walk near pathways composition includes distant rolling hills rendered soft pastel colors decorative cartouche centered bottom edge