Caption
The House at Loenersloot, with its back to Baambrugge, View of Loenersloot Castle, Castles in the Netherlands, print, printmaker: Jacobus Schijnvoet, Amsterdam, publisher: Pieter de Coup, publisher: Hendrik Bosch, publisher: Johannes Marshoorn (publisher), Haarlem, publisher: Gerrit Bom, 1711 - 1774, paper, etching, height 132 mm x width 177 mm, Print included in: Smids, Ludolph. Schatkamer der Nederlandse! Antiquities, or Dictionary, comprising Dutch cities, 1711. Also appeared in the reissue of the aforementioned work in 1737 and 1774. In 1721 an edition appeared containing only the prints: Dutch antiquities, consisting of sixty images, situated in Holland, 1721., castle, Loenen (Utrecht), Loenersloot, Loenersloot Castle, A detailed monochrome etching showing a waterside scene with a large cylindrical tower connected to a complex of stepped and gabled buildings, bridges spanning a calm channel, and a fortified gatehouse with a tiled roof; fine linework depicts rectangular windows, chimneys, a projecting balcony with latticework, and small birds in the sky; a tall tree stands at the right edge with leafy branches and shrubs at its base; figures in period dress walk and converse along the bank, one accompanied by a small dog; the foreground includes a paved embankment and low grassy areas, while the image is bordered by a decorative frame and a plaque panel centered beneath the scene.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B32_449
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