Caption
Courtyard of the Plantijn printing house in Antwerp, Cour de l'imprimerie plantinienne, Views of the Plantijn printing house, photomechanical print, View of the courtyard of the Plantijn printing house. South facade with busts of Balthasar Moretus II, IV and Joannes-Jacobus Moretus., maker: Joseph Maes, 1848 - 1908, Joseph Maes, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 443 mm x width 311 mm, The Plantijn printing house was the printing house and residence of the Plantin-Moretus publishing family, currently the Plantin-Moretus Museum., Person, Balthasar Moretus (II), Balthasar Moretus (IV), Joannes Jacobus Moretus, printing, printing office, Antwerp, A sepia-toned photograph of an enclosed courtyard showing a multi-story brick facade with rows of rectangular windows framed by stone, two stepped gables rising from the roof with small chimneys, and ivy climbing sections of the walls; the ground level features a colonnade of rounded stone arches supported by slender columns leading into shadowed passages, above which ornate sculpted cartouches with carved busts and decorative flourishes are mounted on the wall; a paved open courtyard surface occupies the foreground, bordered on the right and left by additional building facades with windows and architectural detailing.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B33_107
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