Caption

Three trees, print, album page, printmaker: William Baillie, after print by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1753 - 1810, Rembrandt van Rijn, after print by, paper, paste, etching, drypoint, etching and drypoint, pasted on album page, height 208 mm x width 279 mm, groups of trees, A monochrome etching shows a landscape with a dark foreground hill occupied by three leafy trees with textured trunks and branches, lighter vegetation along the hill's edge, and shadowed ground below; beyond the hill a flat plain stretches to a distant horizon with small clustered shapes suggesting buildings, low figures and scattered animals; the sky is filled with dramatic cloud formations rendered with dense crosshatching on the right and sweeping, lighter strokes on the left, creating contrasts between heavy shaded areas and open lighter sky above the plain.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_170

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Rights managed

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45.7Mb (10.4Mb) / 15.2in x 11.7in / 4555 x 3504 (300dpi)

Keywords

Three trees print album page printmaker William Baillie Rembrandt van Rijn 1753 - 1810 paper paste etching drypoint pasted height 208 mm x width 279 mm groups trees monochrome etching landscape dark foreground hill occupied three leafy trees textured trunks branches lighter vegetation hill's edge shadowed ground beyond hill flat plain stretches distant horizon small clustered shapes suggesting buildings low figures scattered animals sky filled dramatic cloud formations rendered dense crosshatching right sweeping lighter strokes left creating contrasts heavy shaded areas open lighter sky plain