Allegorical representation with naked angel and woman, Les Liens du Mal, L'Eau Forte en 1875, print, printmaker: François Nicolas Chifflart, France, publisher: Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1875, François Nicolas Chifflart, Alfred Cadart, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 292 mm x width 197 mm, snakes, angels fighting, liberation (of an enslaved person), A tall vertical drawing of two nude figures intertwined on a base, rendered in fine crosshatched lines on a pale background; the upper figure is muscular with wings, leaning back with one arm raised over the head and the other arm and hands gripping a curved rope or serpent that wraps around the lower body, the face turned upward with closed eyes and a band or cloth around the head; the lower figure is reclining against the base with head tilted back and eyes closed, hair flowing in curls, one arm wrapped around the raised leg of the upper figure and the other arm bent across the chest, the...
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Allegorical representation with naked angel and woman, Les Liens du Mal, L'Eau Forte en 1875, print, printmaker: François Nicolas Chifflart, France, publisher: Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1875, François Nicolas Chifflart, Alfred Cadart, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 292 mm x width 197 mm, snakes, angels fighting, liberation (of an enslaved person), A tall vertical drawing of two nude figures intertwined on a base, rendered in fine crosshatched lines on a pale background; the upper figure is muscular with wings, leaning back with one arm raised over the head and the other arm and hands gripping a curved rope or serpent that wraps around the lower body, the face turned upward with closed eyes and a band or cloth around the head; the lower figure is reclining against the base with head tilted back and eyes closed, hair flowing in curls, one arm wrapped around the raised leg of the upper figure and the other arm bent across the chest, the base beneath them textured with rock-like and drapery details, and the surrounding background left mostly blank with subtle linear shading.

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Allegorical representation naked angel woman Les Liens du Mal L'Eau Forte en 1875 print printmaker François Nicolas Chifflart France publisher Alfred Cadart Paris 1875 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 292 mm x width 197 mm snakes angels fighting liberation enslaved person tall vertical drawing two nude figures intertwined base rendered fine crosshatched lines pale background upper figure muscular wings leaning back arm raised head arm hands gripping curved rope serpent wraps lower body face turned upward closed eyes band cloth lower figure reclining tilted back eyes closed hair flowing curls arm wrapped raised leg arm bent across chest beneath them textured rock- drapery details surrounding background left mostly blank subtle linear shading

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