Caption
Hortus Maior, à latere conspiciendus, De Groote Thuyn, op zy, Tuin van Paleis Het Loo, Viervoudig schouwspel van wonderen, Admirandorum Quadruplex Spectaculum, print, Series number, 26, 71, printmaker: Jan van Call (I), Amsterdam, publisher: Pieter Schenk (I), grantor of privilege: Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, c. 1700, paper, etching, height 130 mm x width 165 mm, Other state also used in: Call, 1700.* * The title page, dedication, and portrait of Frederick of Saxony were engraved by Pieter Schenk (I). The other prints in this series are, as indicated on the title page, by Jan van Call (I)., garden, palace, Apeldoorn, Paleis Het Loo, A sepia-toned etching shows a large multi-story building with rows of windows and a pitched roof, positioned beside a terrace with balustrades and ornamental urns. On the terrace and lower walkway, groups of figures wearing period clothing and hats are gathered, some standing and some walking, with a small dog near the foreground. Stairs lead down from the terrace to a formal garden with geometric paths, low hedges, and more human figures visible along the alleys. In the distance there are rows of trees and low hills under a sky filled with horizontally hatched shading and scattered cloud forms.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B32_360
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