Caption

Portrait of Amit, print, Amit was a chamber boy at Hotel Bellevue, where Willem Witsen stayed when he was in Buitenzorg., printmaker: Willem Witsen, Amsterdam, c. 1921, paper, soft-ground etching, aquatint, intaglio printmaking technique, vernis mou, plate tone and aquatint in dark brown, height 198 mm x width 129 mm, head-gear, historical persons (portraits and scenes from life), A sepia-toned portrait of a person from the shoulders up, rendered in a stippled or dotted ink style on textured paper. The person has short dark hair with a cloth tied or folded on top of the head, featuring loose ends. The face shows dark shaded eyes, a straight nose, and closed lips with detailed shading around the cheeks and forehead. One ear is visible with textured shading, and the neck and upper garment are partially shown with a small circular decorative element near the collar. The background is plain, lightly speckled paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A90_333

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.8Mb (7.0Mb) / 9.5in x 14.2in / 2861 x 4247 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Amit print Amit was chamber boy Hotel Bellevue Willem Witsen stayed was Buitenzorg printmaker Willem Witsen Amsterdam c 1921 paper soft-ground etching aquatint intaglio printmaking technique vernis mou plate tone dark brown height 198 mm x width 129 mm head-gear historical persons portraits scenes life sepia-toned portrait person shoulders up rendered stippled dotted ink style textured paper short dark hair cloth tied folded top head featuring loose ends face dark shaded eyes straight nose closed lips detailed shading cheeks forehead ear visible textured shading neck upper garment partially shown small circular decorative element near collar background plain lightly speckled paper