Caption

Portrait of an unknown woman, print, printmaker: Nicolaas van der Waay, 1865 - 1936, paper, chine collé, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 219 mm x width 149 mm, historical persons not known by name, A sepia-toned etching shows a woman in profile facing right with short wavy hair and a high dark collar, her head rendered with dense cross-hatching and fine directional lines that create texture and shadow, the background filled with overlapping vertical and diagonal hatch marks; her upper torso is sketched with lighter, sweeping strokes and sparse shading, and a small secondary sketch of a man's head in profile appears near the lower right, drawn with delicate lines.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A89_443

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.6Mb (6.1Mb) / 11.5in x 17.4in / 3459 x 5212 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown woman print printmaker Nicolaas van der Waay 1865 - 1936 paper chine collé drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 219 mm x width 149 mm historical persons name sepia-toned etching woman profile facing right short wavy hair high dark collar head rendered dense cross-hatching fine directional lines create texture shadow background filled overlapping vertical diagonal hatch marks upper torso sketched lighter sweeping strokes sparse shading small secondary sketch man's head near lower right drawn delicate lines