Le Puy (original title on object), print, A gate in Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne., printmaker: Willem Adrianus Grondhout (signed by artist), 1888 - 1931, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone in brown, height 218 mm x width 141 mm, gate, entrance, Le Puy-en-Velay, A sepia-toned etching shows a narrow arched passageway flanked by tall textured walls, with a large rounded arch dominating the left side and a flight of worn steps rising on the right. Within the darker recesses under the arch are indistinct grouped shapes suggesting people seated or gathered around low tables, and an opening further back reveals a distant figure or form framed by vertical lines. A decorative lamp or lantern hangs near the center above a small ornate bracket, and heavy crosshatched shading creates deep contrasts between shadowed areas and lighter ground surfaces. The foreground shows a broad, worn pathway with scratch-like marks and smudges, while vertical and diagonal et...
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Le Puy (original title on object), print, A gate in Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne., printmaker: Willem Adrianus Grondhout (signed by artist), 1888 - 1931, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone in brown, height 218 mm x width 141 mm, gate, entrance, Le Puy-en-Velay, A sepia-toned etching shows a narrow arched passageway flanked by tall textured walls, with a large rounded arch dominating the left side and a flight of worn steps rising on the right. Within the darker recesses under the arch are indistinct grouped shapes suggesting people seated or gathered around low tables, and an opening further back reveals a distant figure or form framed by vertical lines. A decorative lamp or lantern hangs near the center above a small ornate bracket, and heavy crosshatched shading creates deep contrasts between shadowed areas and lighter ground surfaces. The foreground shows a broad, worn pathway with scratch-like marks and smudges, while vertical and diagonal etched lines render the stone surfaces and architectural details throughout the scene.

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Le Puy original title object print gate Le Puy-en-Velay Auvergne printmaker Willem Adrianus Grondhout signed artist 1888 - 1931 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone brown height 218 mm x width 141 mm entrance sepia-toned etching narrow arched passageway flanked tall textured walls large rounded arch dominating left side flight worn steps rising right Within darker recesses under arch indistinct grouped shapes suggesting people seated gathered low tables opening further back reveals distant figure form framed vertical lines decorative lamp lantern hangs near center small ornate bracket heavy crosshatched shading creates deep contrasts shadowed areas lighter ground surfaces foreground broad worn pathway scratch- marks smudges vertical diagonal etched lines render stone surfaces architectural details scene

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