Caption

Montes, hannoniae metropolis, View of Mons, print, book illustration, View of Mons with text in Latin on verso., printmaker, publisher, Frans Hogenberg, Georg Braun, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, etching and engraving with text in letterpress on verso, height 155 mm x width 480 mm, A wide sepia-toned engraving shows a panoramic view of a walled town set on slightly rising ground, with clustered buildings, towers, spires, and a prominent fortified complex at the highest point; a waterfront with fields and meadows stretches in the foreground, where small trees and shrubs dot the landscape and a road or causeway leads toward the town; two figures stand near the front, one appearing to gesture while the other faces them, and nearby grazing animals are visible; the distant horizon contains low rolling hills, scattered houses, and windmills, and the sky is filled with fine horizontal hatch marks.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B33_111

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Rights managed

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38.0Mb (10.5Mb) / 21.5in x 6.9in / 6456 x 2058 (300dpi)

Keywords

Montes hannoniae metropolis View Mons print book illustration text Latin verso printmaker publisher Frans Hogenberg Georg Braun paper etching engraving letterpress printing letterpress height 155 mm x width 480 mm wide sepia-toned engraving panoramic view walled town set slightly rising ground clustered buildings towers spires prominent fortified complex highest point waterfront fields meadows stretches foreground small trees shrubs dot landscape road causeway leads town two figures stand near front appearing gesture faces them nearby grazing animals visible distant horizon contains low rolling hills scattered houses windmills sky filled fine horizontal hatch marks