Caption

The Greater Raising of Lazarus, Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745–1830), graphic artist; Witke-Jezewski, Dominik (1862–1944). Subject: Lazarus (Bible), Jesus Christ, the raising of Lazarus; apostles, tombs, underworld, miracles of Christ. French/Polish; religious, biblical, mass scenes. Not signed and undated. Hillemacher lists five states of this engraving; Franke three. Smolik notes beautiful copies on thick white paper representing the last two states of the engraving, which differ by slight final needle strokes; one copy shows retouching with a brush in Chinese ink. Date: ca. 1776–1777. Medium: print, graphic matrix/plate. Dimensions: height 18.8 cm, width 17.0 cm, thickness 0.2 cm., A rectangular metal plate with rounded corners rests on a flat gray background; the plate surface shows a mottled, weathered appearance with areas of dark black and charcoal staining, patches of rust-colored brown and coppery orange, and regions of dull gray and muted tan. The surface texture appears pitted and speckled with irregular blotches and smudges, and there are several darker clusters and lighter worn spots spread unevenly across the plate. Faint scratches and scuffed marks are visible, and a few small circular and amorphous shapes create a spotted pattern across the metal. The outer edge of the plate shows a thin darker outline against the background, and the overall look is aged and corroded with varied tones of black, gray, brown, and orange.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A38_493

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Rights managed

Available size

92.3Mb (7.7Mb) / 17.9in x 20.0in / 5376 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Greater Raising Lazarus Norblin de la Gourdaine Jean Pierre 1745–1830 graphic artist Witke-Jezewski Dominik 1862–1944 Subject Bible Jesus Christ raising apostles tombs underworld miracles Christ French Polish religious biblical mass scenes signed undated Hillemacher lists five states engraving Franke three Smolik notes beautiful copies thick white paper representing last two states differ slight final needle strokes copy retouching brush Chinese ink Date ca 1776–1777 Medium print graphic matrix plate Dimensions height 18.8 cm width 17.0 cm thickness 0.2 cm rectangular metal plate rounded corners rests flat gray background plate surface mottled weathered appearance areas dark black charcoal staining patches rust-colored brown coppery orange regions dull gray muted tan surface texture pitted speckled irregular blotches smudges several darker clusters lighter worn spots spread unevenly across Faint scratches scuffed marks visible small circular amorphous shapes create spotted pattern across metal outer edge thin darker outline background look aged corroded varied tones black gray brown orange.