Caption

Bullfight; Brodowski, Józef 1828-1900 illustrator/author, Kluczewski, Michal fl. 1869-1890 woodcut artist, painting; Polish painting; animals; domestic cattle; bulls; animalistic scenes; 1877–1885; Poland; graphic art; art reproduction; press illustration, A monochrome engraving showing a pastoral scene with a group of cattle in a grassy field; two large bulls are locked head-to-head in a confrontation in the foreground, their bodies rendered with strong contrasts and patterned markings, while several other cows and calves rest or graze in the middle and background. The landscape includes a flat horizon with a stand of trees and distant shrubbery, and the sky is filled with horizontal hatch lines suggesting cloud formations. Foreground vegetation such as grasses and broad-leaved plants is detailed along the lower edge, and the overall palette is shades of black, gray, and off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_257

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Rights managed

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73.9Mb (8.0Mb) / 20.0in x 14.3in / 6000 x 4303 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bullfight Brodowski Józef 1828-1900 illustrator author Kluczewski Michal fl 1869-1890 woodcut artist painting Polish painting animals domestic cattle bulls animalistic scenes 1877–1885 Poland graphic art art reproduction press illustration monochrome engraving showing pastoral scene group cattle grassy field two large bulls locked head- -head confrontation foreground bodies rendered strong contrasts patterned markings several cows calves rest graze middle background landscape includes flat horizon stand trees distant shrubbery sky filled horizontal hatch lines suggesting cloud formations Foreground vegetation grasses broad-leaved plants detailed lower edge palette shades black gray off-white.