1665 Nieuhof Antique Print Imperial Palace Peking or the Forbidden City, Beijing France The area was devastated by

The area was devastated by the Saracens in 813 and 847

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

This structure was nearly 20-feet high and covered in a thin

executed under Buffons personal supervision by Edme-Louis Daubenton

1665 Nieuhof Antique Print Imperial Palace Peking or the Forbidden City, Beijing France The area was devastated byTitle : 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