Caption

Landscape with view of Hoch-Elten, print, annotation: 'c. 1-:-', printmaker: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Berlin, after drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn, after drawing by Pieter de With, 1759, paper, print drawing, etching, aquatint, intaglio printmaking technique, etching and aquatint with plate tone, height 204 mm x width 327 mm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Elten, Hoch-Elten, St. Vitus Church (Hoch-Elten), A wide monochrome landscape drawing showing a rolling hillside covered with clusters of trees and shrubs, the vegetation rendered with varied shading and fine lines. On the right side of the image a group of steep-roofed buildings and a church with a tall spire sit atop the rise, their architectural details sketched in fine strokes. The middle and left portions open to a distant flat plain with subtle horizon lines and faint textures suggesting fields. The sky above is lightly shaded with soft cloud-like forms. The entire scene is drawn with delicate pencil or etching marks and a textured paper background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A83_422

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52.8Mb (8.7Mb) / 18.0in x 11.4in / 5412 x 3411 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape view Hoch-Elten print annotation c 1- - printmaker Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Berlin drawing Rembrandt van Rijn Pieter de 1759 paper print drawing etching aquatint intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 204 mm x width 327 mm North Rhine-Westphalia Elten St Vitus Church wide monochrome landscape showing rolling hillside covered clusters trees shrubs vegetation rendered varied shading fine lines right side image group steep-roofed buildings church tall spire sit atop rise architectural details sketched fine strokes middle left portions open distant flat plain subtle horizon lines faint textures suggesting fields sky lightly shaded soft cloud- forms entire scene drawn delicate pencil etching marks textured paper background