Shepherd with a dog behind his flock, print, The dog walks to the left of the shepherd., signature: 'Witsen', inscription: 'épreuve d'essai', printmaker: Willem Witsen (signed by artist), printer (person): Jan Stronk, c. 1888, 1909, Willem Witsen, Jan Stronk, printmaker, printer (person), paper, etching, soft-ground etching, intaglio printmaking technique, soft-ground varnish and plate tone, proof print, height 200 mm x width 300 mm, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, dog, sheep, A dark, grainy landscape scene rendered in muted sepia tones shows a silhouetted figure standing near a group of rounded, light-topped shapes that contrast with the surrounding darkness; a second smaller dark form stands nearby. In the midground a rough expanse stretches toward a distant low ridge beneath a pale sky. On the right a cluster of thin, twisted tree trunks and tangled bare branches rise and spread into a dense, scribbled canopy, some branches extending toward the center ...
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Shepherd with a dog behind his flock, print, The dog walks to the left of the shepherd., signature: 'Witsen', inscription: 'épreuve d'essai', printmaker: Willem Witsen (signed by artist), printer (person): Jan Stronk, c. 1888, 1909, Willem Witsen, Jan Stronk, printmaker, printer (person), paper, etching, soft-ground etching, intaglio printmaking technique, soft-ground varnish and plate tone, proof print, height 200 mm x width 300 mm, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, dog, sheep, A dark, grainy landscape scene rendered in muted sepia tones shows a silhouetted figure standing near a group of rounded, light-topped shapes that contrast with the surrounding darkness; a second smaller dark form stands nearby. In the midground a rough expanse stretches toward a distant low ridge beneath a pale sky. On the right a cluster of thin, twisted tree trunks and tangled bare branches rise and spread into a dense, scribbled canopy, some branches extending toward the center of the image. The ground texture is heavily worked and mottled, with areas of lighter and darker shading creating uneven surfaces and shadowed hollows.

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Shepherd dog flock print dog walks left shepherd signature Witsen inscription épreuve d'essai printmaker Willem Witsen signed artist printer person Jan Stronk c 1888 1909 paper etching soft-ground etching intaglio printmaking technique soft-ground varnish plate tone proof print height 200 mm x width 300 mm herding herdsman herdswoman shepherdess cowherd sheep dark grainy landscape scene rendered muted sepia tones silhouetted figure standing near group rounded light-topped shapes contrast surrounding darkness second smaller dark form stands nearby midground rough expanse stretches distant low ridge beneath pale sky right cluster thin twisted tree trunks tangled bare branches rise spread dense scribbled canopy branches extending center image ground texture heavily worked mottled areas lighter darker shading creating uneven surfaces shadowed hollows

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