Caption

Landscape with three sheep, print, printmaker: Simon van den Berg, Netherlands, 1822 - 1899, paper, chine collé, etching, proof print of etching on chine collé, height 93 mm x width 145 mm, sheep, A monochrome etching showing a pastoral scene with a large woolly sheep standing near a leafy bush at the left edge and two smaller sheep reclining on the ground to the right, rendered with fine crosshatching and line work; the standing sheep faces the bush with its head partially turned and its thick fleece detailed with dense strokes, while the reclining sheep show curved backs and relaxed poses; a textured foreground of grass and scattered small rocks extends beneath them and a distant, lightly sketched landscape with low hills occupies the background beneath a mostly empty sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A90_436

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.7Mb (7.6Mb) / 18.1in x 11.3in / 5418 x 3403 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape three sheep print printmaker Simon van den Berg Netherlands 1822 - 1899 paper chine collé etching proof print height 93 mm x width 145 mm sheep monochrome showing pastoral scene large woolly sheep standing near leafy bush left edge two smaller sheep reclining ground right rendered fine crosshatching line work standing sheep faces bush head partially turned thick fleece detailed dense strokes reclining sheep curved backs relaxed poses textured foreground grass scattered small rocks extends beneath them distant lightly sketched landscape low hills occupies background beneath mostly empty sky