Caption

View of buildings on the Diergaardesingel in Rotterdam, in Rotterdam on the Diergaarde Singel, print, printmaker: Jean Théodore Joseph Linnig, 1881, paper, chine collé, etching, roulette, intaglio printmaking technique, etching and roulette with plate tone, height 185 mm x width 235 mm, windmill, canals, waters (in city), Rotterdam, A detailed ink landscape shows a riverside scene with thatched and tiled roof cottages clustered near the water, a large leaning tree with dense foliage rising behind the buildings, and a windmill visible in the distance beyond a low town skyline. Several small boats are moored along the water’s edge and a wooden jetty extends into the river. Figures in period clothing walk and stand on the shoreline and paths near the houses, including a pair conversing and a person pushing a wheelbarrow. Vegetation and shrubs frame the foreground and middle ground, and the sky is filled with textured, wispy clouds.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B11_328

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Rights managed

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35.0Mb (10.5Mb) / 13.0in x 10.4in / 3905 x 3129 (300dpi)

Keywords

View buildings Diergaardesingel Rotterdam Diergaarde Singel print printmaker Jean Théodore Joseph Linnig 1881 paper chine collé etching roulette intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 185 mm x width 235 mm windmill canals waters in city detailed ink landscape riverside scene thatched tiled roof cottages clustered near water large leaning tree dense foliage rising windmill visible distance beyond low town skyline Several small boats moored water’s edge wooden jetty extends river Figures period clothing walk stand shoreline paths near houses pair conversing person pushing wheelbarrow Vegetation shrubs frame foreground middle ground sky filled textured wispy clouds