Caption

Man playing an instrument in a garden, print, collector's mark: 'Littéraire Societeit, The Hague', printmaker: Juan Antonio González, Spain, 1852 - after 1914, Juan Antonio González, printmaker, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 260 mm x width 182 mm, garden vase, cithern, mandolin, guitar, balalaika - CC - out of doors, A detailed ink drawing shows a seated figure seen from behind holding a long narrow object, wearing a coat with visible seams and folds and a tied ribbon at the back of the head, resting on a low platform with shoes visible beneath. To the right a large ornate urn with decorative handles and sculpted faces sits on a pedestal, its surface rendered with horizontal hatch lines. A partially visible female figure leans near the urn with hair pulled up and a bare-shouldered garment, surrounded by dense foliage with broad leaves and varied plant stems in the foreground. The background is mostly empty space with faint cloud or landscape outlines and a textured ground beneath the seated figure and plants.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A89_382

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.3Mb (8.0Mb) / 10.1in x 12.8in / 3026 x 3852 (300dpi)

Keywords

Man playing instrument garden print collector's mark Littéraire Societeit Hague printmaker Juan Antonio González Spain 1852 - 1914 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 260 mm x width 182 mm garden vase cithern mandolin guitar balalaika - CC - doors detailed ink drawing seated figure holding long narrow object wearing coat visible seams folds tied ribbon back head resting low platform shoes visible beneath right large ornate urn decorative handles sculpted faces sits pedestal surface rendered horizontal hatch lines partially visible female figure leans near urn hair pulled up bare-shouldered garment surrounded dense foliage broad leaves varied plant stems foreground background mostly empty space faint cloud landscape outlines textured ground beneath plants