Caption

Two maces, after unknown paintings, draughtsman Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884. Gift; craft depiction of maces, military artistic crafts, painting, weapons, old weapons. Drawing glued across the entire surface to paper, which is glued along the top edge to cardboard. Date: 1830–1884. Medium: drawing on paper mounted on cardboard. Dimensions — drawing: 9.1 × 11.3 cm; cardboard: 35.8 × 26.1 cm., The image shows a pair of similar ornate club-like objects drawn side by side on a beige background, each with a rounded top and a long handle; both tops are golden-brown with a slightly darker shading and are decorated with a group of gem-like shapes in colors including red, blue, green, purple, and dark navy, with small circular and square settings visible; the handles are golden-brown with darker brown accents and subtle vertical shading, and there are faint pencil sketch lines and taped paper edges around and over parts of the drawing; overall the palette includes beige, golden-brown, brown, red, blue, green, purple, dark navy, gray pencil marks, and hints of off-white from the paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_114

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17.9Mb (658.3Kb) / 9.2in x 7.5in / 2770 x 2254 (300dpi)

Keywords

Two maces unknown paintings draughtsman Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 Gift craft depiction maces military artistic crafts painting weapons old weapons Drawing glued across entire surface paper top edge cardboard Date 1830–1884 Medium drawing paper mounted Dimensions image pair ornate club- objects drawn side beige background rounded top long handle tops golden-brown slightly darker shading decorated group gem- shapes colors red blue green purple dark navy small circular square settings visible handles darker brown accents subtle vertical shading faint pencil sketch lines taped paper edges parts palette includes beige brown gray pencil marks hints off-white paper.