Caption

Four Turkish men with turbans and an African man in profile, Four Turkish men with turbans and a dark man in profile (former title), print, printmaker: Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 83 mm x width 130 mm, head-gear: turban, Africans, Asiatic races and peoples: Turks, persons of African origin, A horizontal ink drawing shows several profile figures facing right with detailed hair and headwear; in the foreground two large male profiles wear tall rounded turbans and loose draped clothing, one with a mustache and the other clean-shaven, and behind them a smaller bearded man also in a rounded turban. To the far right a younger-looking profile with tied-back hair and a plain garment faces the group, while a darker-skinned profile with short hair appears at the left edge. The composition is rendered with fine hatch and contour lines on a lightly textured background, and areas of cross-hatching suggest shadowing around the faces and behind the rightmost figure.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A92_156

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.4Mb (11.1Mb) / 17.0in x 10.1in / 5110 x 3036 (300dpi)

Keywords

Four Turkish men turbans African man profile dark man former title print printmaker Stefano della Bella 1620 - 1664 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 83 mm x width 130 mm head-gear turban Africans Asiatic races peoples Turks persons African origin horizontal ink drawing several profile figures facing right detailed hair headwear foreground two large male profiles wear tall rounded loose draped clothing mustache clean-shaven them smaller bearded man also rounded turban far right younger-looking profile tied-back hair plain garment faces group darker-skinned profile short hair left edge composition rendered fine hatch contour lines lightly textured background areas cross-hatching suggest shadowing faces rightmost figure