Caption
Ruins of the Citadel of Antwerp after the siege, 1832, Vue générale des ruines de la Citadelle d'Anvers, après le Siege (1832), prise de l'angle gauche du Bastion de Tolède, Dessins faits d'après nature au siège de la Citadelle d'Anvers par Raffet, print, Series number, 24, View of the ruins of the Citadel of Antwerp after the siege. In the foreground, several soldiers. Water in the right foreground. With legend 1-18. Part of the series of 24 prints about the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, November 30 - December 23, signature: 'Raffet', caption: 'VUE GENERALE DES RUINEN DE LA CITADELLE D'ANVERS, après le Siège. (1832), prize for the angle of the Bastion de Tolède. (legend)', printmaker: Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, France, printer (person): Gilhaut Frères, Paris, publisher: Gilhaut Frères, 1833, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, Gilhaut Frères, printmaker, printer (person), publisher, paint (coating), materials by function, paper, watercolor (paint), lacquer (coating), lithography, hand coloring, lacquering, hand-coloured lithography, partly lacquered, height 346 mm x width 500 mm, raising the siege, devastating, ruined place or city (, warfare), Belgian Revolution, Battle for the Citadel of Antwerp (1832), military history, Antwerp, Citadel of Antwerp (19th century), Period, A wide landscape painting viewed from a foreground trench shows groups of uniformed figures standing on earthen mounds, some clustered together and others near a steep embankment beside a body of water. The middle ground contains low ruined structures and scattered buildings stretching across the horizon, with muted tones and broken rooftops. The sky dominates the upper portion with large, soft clouds in pale blues and grays. The painting is bordered by a wide pale margin.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A76_074
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