Caption

Clergyman sitting on a rock surrounded by children, print, printmaker: Célestin François Nanteuil, 1823 - 1873, paper, chine collé, lithography, lithography on chine collé, probably proof, height 359 mm x width 273 mm, child, priests, hierarchy of priests, An older man wearing a dark robe sits on a rocky ledge, his hair thin and swept back, one hand resting on the stone and the other extended toward a group of children gathered around him; the children wear simple, textured clothing with one child seated on the ground leaning on an arm and another child standing and looking up, while two more faces appear behind them; the scene is rendered in soft, detailed pencil or charcoal with shaded clouds filling the sky and rough rocky surfaces beneath the figures.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B12_123

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Available size

33.7Mb (10.0Mb) / 10.0in x 13.1in / 3000 x 3928 (300dpi)

Keywords

Clergyman sitting rock surrounded children print printmaker Célestin François Nanteuil 1823 - 1873 paper chine collé lithography proof height 359 mm x width 273 mm child priests hierarchy older man wearing dark robe sits rocky ledge hair thin swept back hand resting stone extended group children gathered children wear simple textured clothing child seated ground leaning arm another child standing looking up two faces them scene rendered soft detailed pencil charcoal shaded clouds filling sky rough rocky surfaces beneath figures