Caption

Farmer's wife in a barn walking up a staircase, print, printmaker: Willem Linnig (II), 1852 - 1889, Willem Linnig (II), printmaker, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 158 mm x width 121 mm, farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife, barn, A densely hatched etching shows a rustic scene with rough wooden beams and a dark shadowed area on the right where an animal's hindquarters and tail are visible in silhouette. On the left a woman with her hair tied back sits or bends near a stair or stepped path, and nearby a standing figure faces away. In the foreground a cluster of rounded pottery vessels and jugs lie on the ground among textured grasses and woven objects, while twisted ropes or cords and a carved post or finial rise near the center. The overall image is composed of tightly crosshatched lines creating heavy contrasts between the light left area and the darker right, with tangled vegetation and wood textures filling much of the scene.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B11_379

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.3Mb (6.8Mb) / 11.5in x 15.3in / 3460 x 4576 (300dpi)

Keywords

Farmer's wife barn walking up staircase print printmaker Willem Linnig Ii 1852 - 1889 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 158 mm x width 121 mm farmers - AA - female farmer farmer's wife densely hatched rustic scene rough wooden beams dark shadowed area right animal's hindquarters tail visible silhouette left woman hair tied back sits bends near stair stepped path nearby standing figure faces away foreground cluster rounded pottery vessels jugs lie ground textured grasses woven objects twisted ropes cords carved post finial rise near center image composed tightly crosshatched lines creating heavy contrasts light darker right tangled vegetation wood textures filling scene