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Vyanen, Map of Vianen, area plan, print, printmaker, Johannes Willemszoon Blaeu, Hendrick Hondius, paper, etching, height 149 mm x width 226 mm, Print used in: Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius van. Theatrum sive Hollandiae comitatus et urbium nova descriptio (…). Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, 1632., maps of cities, Vianen, A detailed hand-drawn map rendered in sepia tones showing a walled town with rectangular blocks of buildings and tree-filled courtyards arranged in a grid, surrounded by moats and outer fields; the town contains rows of pitched-roof structures, churches or larger roofed buildings, small towers at corners of the walls, gates opening to causeways, and windmills near the perimeter; outside the walls are patterned agricultural fields with scattered small figures and animals, ornamental borders, and decorative cartouches and laurel motifs at the edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B32_333

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Keywords

Vyanen Map Vianen area plan print printmaker Johannes Willemszoon Blaeu Hendrick Hondius paper etching height 149 mm x width 226 mm Print Boxhorn Marcus Zuerius van Theatrum sive Hollandiae comitatus et urbium nova descriptio … Amsterdam Henricus Hondius 1632 maps cities detailed hand-drawn map rendered sepia tones showing walled town rectangular blocks buildings tree-filled courtyards arranged grid surrounded moats outer fields town contains rows pitched-roof structures churches larger roofed small towers corners walls gates opening causeways windmills near perimeter outside patterned agricultural fields scattered small figures animals ornamental borders decorative cartouches laurel motifs edges