Caption
Winter evening (original title on object), print, Farms along a road with bare trees, on the road a woman with a dog., printmaker: Philip Zilcken, after painting by Anton Mauve, printer (person): Joseph Bouwens, Brussels, 1867 - 1890, printer (person), paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, etching and drypoint, with plate tone, on chine collé, height 228 mm x width 174 mm, road, path, farm (building), A monochrome etching shows a snowy rural lane curving past a dark, steep-roofed cottage partially obscured by tall leafless trees with fine, spindly branches reaching upward and outward; the cottage sits behind a low stone wall and has a chimney and a small windowed facade. A solitary figure wrapped in a cloak walks away along the snow-covered path toward the distant, misty horizon, followed by a small animal near their feet. The foreground snow bears tracks and subtle shading, the midground contains tangled bare shrubs and a low fence, and the background fades into soft, textured sky and distant, low hills. The overall scene is rendered with delicate, crosshatched lines and varying tonal washes.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B12_077
License type
Rights managed
Available size
42.3Mb (12.4Mb) / 10.0in x 16.5in / 2990 x 4946 (300dpi)