Caption
Les bruyères à Wort-Rheden (original title), Heath landscape near Worth-Rheden, print, In the middle, two figures walk along a path on the heath., printmaker: Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, c. 1880, Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 149 mm x width 255 mm, meadow, pasture (landscape with figures, staffage), Worth-Rheden, A wide, lightly shaded landscape drawing with a sandy or beige background, featuring low rolling dunes and sparse vegetation. In the left foreground there are two tall, spreading pine trees with textured foliage and gnarled trunks, surrounded by clumps of grasses and low shrubs. The central ground shows a narrow, winding path leading toward the middle distance where two small human figures stand, one taller figure carrying something over a shoulder and a shorter figure beside them. The right side of the scene continues with grassy dunes and scattered bushes, and a distant line of darker, low trees sits along the horizon. The sky above is filled with fine, horizontal hatch marks and wispy, linear cloud strokes.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B12_314
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50.3Mb (6.1Mb) / 19.6in x 10.0in / 5881 x 2989 (300dpi)