Caption

Calendar 1895, Polder landscape with cows, calendar, print, Cows are lying and standing in a meadow along a ditch. On the left, a row of pollard willows., printmaker: Willem Steelink (II), Netherlands, after design by Geo Poggenbeek, publisher: Roeloffzen & Hübner, Amsterdam, 1894, printer (person), paper, etching, letterpress printing, etching and text in letterpress, height 515 mm x width 389 mm, height 231 mm x width 335 mm, meadow, pasture, cow, A wide landscape rendered in monochrome with a large sky occupying most of the scene, textured with fine crosshatched shading and a few soft cloud shapes; beneath the sky a flat marshy plain with a reflective water channel at the left foreground lined with reeds and low grasses; a row of slender trees with sparse foliage stretches across the middle distance toward the left; clusters of darker, denser trees appear on the right horizon; several grazing and resting cows occupy the right foreground and midground, some lying down near the water and one bending its head toward the ground; a small wooden fence or railing is visible at the far right edge; a loose formation of birds in flight is visible against the sky above the distant plain.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A85_421

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.4Mb (10.5Mb) / 16.2in x 10.4in / 4845 x 3133 (300dpi)

Keywords

Calendar 1895 Polder landscape cows calendar print Cows lying standing meadow ditch left row pollard willows printmaker Willem Steelink Ii Netherlands design Geo Poggenbeek publisher Roeloffzen & Hübner Amsterdam 1894 printer person paper etching letterpress printing text letterpress height 515 mm x width 389 mm height 231 mm x 335 mm pasture cow wide landscape rendered monochrome large sky occupying scene textured fine crosshatched shading soft cloud shapes beneath sky flat marshy plain reflective water channel left foreground lined reeds low grasses slender trees sparse foliage stretches across middle distance clusters darker denser trees right horizon several grazing resting cows occupy right foreground midground lying down near water bending head ground small wooden fence railing visible far right edge loose formation birds flight distant plain