Caption

Landscape with a horseman in a crowd, Dans les campagnes de Rome., print, Numbered 7 in the upper right., printmaker: François Nicolas Chifflart, France, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1881, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 199 mm x width 279 mm, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, plain, A wide dark landscape scene with a luminous sky filled with textured clouds above a distant horizon, a narrow reflective pathway or stream running toward the foreground, and groups of shadowed human figures gathered along and near the path, some standing, some seated or reclining, with a few figures in motion that create blurred, lighter impressions. Dense, scribbled vegetation and rocky banks flank the central pathway, and a solitary umbrella-shaped tree stands on the left ridge against the sky. The overall image is rendered in monochrome with varied hatch marks and crosshatching creating deep shadows and softer illuminated areas.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A89_033

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51.4Mb (6.1Mb) / 16.7in x 11.9in / 5010 x 3584 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape horseman crowd Dans les campagnes de Rome print Numbered 7 upper right printmaker François Nicolas Chifflart France publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris 1881 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 199 mm x width 279 mm riding horse ass mule rider plain wide dark landscape scene luminous sky filled textured clouds distant horizon narrow reflective pathway stream running foreground groups shadowed human figures gathered near path standing seated reclining figures motion create blurred lighter impressions Dense scribbled vegetation rocky banks flank central pathway solitary umbrella-shaped tree stands left ridge sky image rendered monochrome varied hatch marks crosshatching creating deep shadows softer illuminated areas