Identification title(s): landscapes near the city of seville and giralda tower. Sant juan del foratche / jerenna (title on object). Object type: picture book illustration album page object number: bi-1956-1074-57. Catalog reference: kan 3849-1(2). Description: in the middle three scenes of landscapes in the vicinity of the city of seville. On the left and right the giralda tower in seville. On the left the facade and on the right are opened up, so that it is visible that the stairs of giralda can be climbed on horseback. Center from top to bottom: the ruins of a moorish castle, roman building fragments near the town of gerena and three roman tombs. Print is part of an album. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: symon novelanus (possibly), printmaker: frans hogenberg (possibly), after a drawing by: joris hoefnagel (mentioned on object), colorist: anna beeck. Place of manufacture: printmaker: cologne printmaker: cologne after drawing by: sevillain colourist: the hague. Date: 1565 and/or 1596. Physical features: torn etching and engraving hand-colored in pink, green, blue and yellow, mounted on album page; a yellow frame with a red border surrounds the scene. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process) / hand coloring / letterpress / tearing. Dimensions: image: height 369 mm × width 483 mm album page: height 531 mm × width 630 mm. Explanation: print originally produced as a book illustration for: georg braun and frans hogenberg. Civitates orbis terrarum, 6 parts. Cologne: 1572-1617. The print was first published in part 5: urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum, 1596. The print has been torn off along the top edge of the hills. The top part with the sky has been glued higher, so that the sky has become higher and the size of the representation matches the other large format representations in the album. Subject: what: landscape with ruinstower, clock tower ~ monumental adornment. Where: giralda. Seville. Acquisition: purchase 1956. Date: 1565 en/of 1596.
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