1665 Nieuhof Antique Print Imperial Palace Peking or the Forbidden City, Beijing France This structure was nearly 20-feet

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which English painter and art critic Roger Fry described in 1911 as a depiction of pathetic animalism

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1665 Nieuhof Antique Print Imperial Palace Peking or the Forbidden City, Beijing France This structure was nearly 20-feetTitle : Platte Grondt van Skeyers Hof in Pekin; Forme de la Cour Imperiale de Peking Ref #: 17055 Size: 15in x 12 1 2in (380mm x 310mm) Date : 1665 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This original copper plate engraved antique print a birds eye view of the Imperial Palace & extensive gardens in Peking, now Beijing, or the Forbidden City by Johan Nieuhof was published by Jacob van Meurs in the 1665 edition of LAmbassade de la Compagnie