Caption

Shepherd with a dog behind his flock, print, The dog walks to the left of the shepherd., watermark:, signature: 'Willem Witsen', printmaker: Willem Witsen (signed by artist), printer (person): Joseph Bouwens, Brussels, 1888, printer (person), paper, etching, soft-ground etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 200 mm x width 300 mm, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, dog, sheep, A dark-toned landscape scene shows a figure walking away from the viewer along a textured ground, accompanied by an animal at the figure's side and a group of rounded shapes ahead that appear lighter against the darker foreground; a tree with thin, twisting branches and a dense, scribbled canopy stands on the right edge, its trunk curving upward from the ground, while the distant background fades into a lighter, grainy sky and a low, horizontal landform on the horizon.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A89_111

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.7Mb (7.0Mb) / 17.5in x 12.1in / 5247 x 3642 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shepherd dog flock print dog walks left shepherd watermark signature Willem Witsen printmaker signed artist printer person Joseph Bouwens Brussels 1888 paper etching soft-ground etching intaglio printmaking technique height 200 mm x width 300 mm herding herdsman herdswoman shepherdess cowherd sheep dark-toned landscape scene figure walking away viewer textured ground accompanied animal figure's side group rounded shapes ahead lighter darker foreground tree thin twisting branches dense scribbled canopy stands right edge trunk curving upward ground distant background fades grainy sky low horizontal landform horizon