Caption

Square tower in Culemborg, print, On the right stands a square tower partly behind a house. Another house is visible on the left. Two figures are walking in the middle., printmaker: Jan Weissenbruch, Culemborg (possibly), 1850, paper, chine collé, etching, etching on chine collé, height 64 mm x width 47 mm, urban housing, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, tower (of house or building), A narrow vertical scene in monochrome shows a tall square tower with a steep pointed roof rising above clustered buildings with tiled roofs; fine crosshatching and line work render the stone and roof textures and a sky filled with horizontal and crosshatched strokes; in the foreground there is a low wall topped with vegetation and a narrow path leading into an archway at the base of the tower where two small human figures stand; dense dark shading marks a tall mass of foliage or a shaded building on the right, while the left foreground shows a sloping roofline and scattered bushes.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A95_225

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54.1Mb (11.8Mb) / 12.5in x 16.8in / 3757 x 5030 (300dpi)

Keywords

Square tower Culemborg print right stands square tower partly house Another house visible left Two figures walking middle printmaker Jan Weissenbruch 1850 paper chine collé etching height 64 mm x width 47 mm urban housing city-view landscape man- constructions tower of house building narrow vertical scene monochrome tall square tower steep pointed roof rising clustered buildings tiled roofs fine crosshatching line work render stone roof textures sky filled horizontal crosshatched strokes foreground low wall topped vegetation narrow path leading archway base two small human figures stand dense dark shading marks tall mass foliage shaded building right left foreground sloping roofline scattered bushes