Antos Kacki Katski at the Resursa; unknown creator illustrator; subject: music—Antoni Katski 1817–1899 iconography; pianos musical instruments; Léopold Méyet 1850–1912;, musical instruments; games genre scenes; filigrees; concerts; Resursa Kupiecka Warsaw; child prodigies; pianists; title: Piano Concerto by Antoni Katski the day after his 9th birthday, 1826, Warsaw; drawing; height 26.6 cm, width 42.2 cm., A sepia-toned drawing shows a group of people gathered around a table and a seated figure at the table. The scene is rendered in dark ink lines on aged, off-white paper with visible foxing and a slightly darker border around the sheet. Several standing figures form a loose semicircle, including men in long coats and women in dresses and bonnets, with one larger, heavier-set man standing apart on the right. A seated person at the table appears to be reading or writing, while another seated figure faces them at the far left. Chairs with curved backs and a rectangular table with slender...
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Antos Kacki Katski at the Resursa; unknown creator illustrator; subject: music—Antoni Katski 1817–1899 iconography; pianos musical instruments; Léopold Méyet 1850–1912;, musical instruments; games genre scenes; filigrees; concerts; Resursa Kupiecka Warsaw; child prodigies; pianists; title: Piano Concerto by Antoni Katski the day after his 9th birthday, 1826, Warsaw; drawing; height 26.6 cm, width 42.2 cm., A sepia-toned drawing shows a group of people gathered around a table and a seated figure at the table. The scene is rendered in dark ink lines on aged, off-white paper with visible foxing and a slightly darker border around the sheet. Several standing figures form a loose semicircle, including men in long coats and women in dresses and bonnets, with one larger, heavier-set man standing apart on the right. A seated person at the table appears to be reading or writing, while another seated figure faces them at the far left. Chairs with curved backs and a rectangular table with slender legs are visible. The figures display varied hairstyles and clothing details drawn with quick, sketchy strokes. The surrounding mount is a light tan color framing the drawing.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A32_358

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64.4Mb (4.0Mb) / 13.5in x 18.6in / 4040 x 5572 (300dpi)

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Antos Kacki Katski Resursa unknown creator illustrator subject music Antoni Katski 1817–1899 iconography pianos musical instruments Léopold Méyet 1850–1912 musical instruments games genre scenes filigrees concerts Resursa Kupiecka Warsaw child prodigies pianists title Piano Concerto Antoni Katski day 9th birthday 1826 Warsaw drawing height 26.6 cm width 42.2 cm sepia-toned drawing group people gathered table seated figure scene rendered dark ink lines aged off-white paper visible foxing slightly darker border sheet Several standing figures form loose semicircle men long coats women dresses bonnets larger heavier-set man apart right seated person reading writing another seated figure faces them far left Chairs curved backs rectangular table slender legs visible figures display varied hairstyles clothing details drawn quick sketchy strokes surrounding mount light tan color framing drawing.

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