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in the manner of a small painting. The ensemble was realized in 1596–1598. It constitutes two large volumes still preserved today by the de Croÿ family: one covers property located in
Hainaut, the other those lying in Brabant, Flanders, Namur, Artois and Picardy.
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The albums bring together nearly 2,500 gouaches delicately executed, representing as many villages. They cover a very extensive perimeter, encompassing many areas from the north of present-day France and
Belgium, from the former principalities of
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The idea then occurred to him to have these cadastral plans reproduced, not on paper, but on parchment, and to add, together with these plans, the view of each locality, painted in
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and was ten years older than her young husband. Her influence over
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In 1584 he separated from his wife Marie of Brimeu and in 1585 he returned to the
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as keeper of his extensive ancient coin collection. Jacob de Bie moved to
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of Flanders for the Protestant insurgents. He was not able to stop the advance of
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