Caption

Shepherd leaning on his staff, print, inscription: 'épreuve d'essai etat definitif', signature: 'Witsen', printmaker: Willem Witsen (signed by artist), Ewijkshoeve (Den Dolder), 1886, 1906, Willem Witsen, printmaker, Den Dolder, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, proof print, height 250 mm x width 180 mm, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, cattle driving, cattle driver, shepherd's crook, A dark-toned etching shows a figure standing in a grassy field holding a long staff, the figure wearing a coat and hat and facing to the right in profile; behind and around the figure are leafed trees with bare branches interspersed, a distant horizon with low rounded shapes, and a sky filled with many small flying birds and one larger bird higher up.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A90_348

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.6Mb (6.1Mb) / 10.8in x 15.0in / 3229 x 4505 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shepherd leaning staff print inscription épreuve d'essai etat definitif signature Witsen printmaker Willem Witsen signed artist Ewijkshoeve Den Dolder 1886 1906 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone proof print height 250 mm x width 180 mm herding herdsman herdswoman shepherd shepherdess cowherd cattle driving cattle driver shepherd's crook dark-toned etching figure standing grassy field holding long staff figure wearing coat hat facing right profile figure leafed trees bare branches interspersed distant horizon low rounded shapes sky filled small flying birds larger bird higher up