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idprint_511
titleGeneral Gesigt Van Het Schone Perk Van Sorgvliet
makerJan van den Avelen [1655-1727]
date1695
size38,5 x 46 cm.
techniqueEngraving
conditionVery good impression, good but ample margins, verso blank. Unobstrusive [old] vertical crease
signatureLower right-hand corner
colouringUncoloured
descriptionMagnificent bird’s-eye view of visitors strolling around the formal gardens of Sorgvliet near The Hague. Originally the estate of the Dutch writer and statesman Jacob Cats (1577-1660), Sorghvliet, as it is known today, is now a park and tourist attraction (see Schram, in References below). Cats’ mansion, Catshuis, is the long white building in the center of this print; it still stands today and serves as the official residence of the Dutch Prime Minister. The print shows grounds that had been redesigned and expanded by Hans Willem Bentinck, the Earl of Portland, who was the superintendant of King William's estate near Apeldoorn, Het Loo, and the royal gardens in England. The garden is designed in the highly decorative baroque taste of Louis XIV’s Versailles, lined by orderly rows of topiaries and trees, and with symmetrical and geometric trimmed hedges. Various features of the gardens are indicated in the numbered key in the lower margin, including the Orangerie. Above the scene a banner borne aloft by cupids bears the title. Published by the esteemed Amsterdam house of Nicolaus Visscher
ouvreSchram, Chris. “Haags Groen: Sorghvliet.” De Pagina’s over Den Haag. http://homepage.residentie.net/~schram-12/sv.htm (18 June 2005).
watermarkNot Examined
price 985
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