Caption

Retour des champs, Woman riding the fields, print, printmaker: Jules Bastien-Lepage, France, 1858 - 1884, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 276 mm x width 196 mm, farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife, agricultural implements: rake, raking, A sepia-toned etching shows a woman standing with her back to the viewer in a rural landscape, wearing a long dress with rolled sleeves and an apron, her hair gathered at the nape. She holds a long pole resting on her shoulder that extends across the scene and ends with a wooden frame of rungs. The ground around her is grassy with patches of bare earth and short vegetation, and a faint path winds into the distance. In the midground there are slender, tall tree trunks and rounded shrubs, and the horizon line separates the field from a sky marked by fine, linear cloud strokes. The overall image is composed of delicate, crosshatched lines and varied etching marks creating texture in the clothing, vegetation, and sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B12_387

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.8Mb (5.8Mb) / 11.1in x 16.0in / 3339 x 4797 (300dpi)

Keywords

Retour des champs Woman riding fields print printmaker Jules Bastien-Lepage France 1858 - 1884 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 276 mm x width 196 mm farmers - AA - female farmer farmer's wife agricultural implements rake raking sepia-toned etching woman standing back viewer rural landscape wearing long dress rolled sleeves apron hair gathered nape holds long pole resting shoulder extends across scene ends wooden frame rungs ground grassy patches bare earth short vegetation faint path winds distance midground slender tall tree trunks rounded shrubs horizon line separates field sky marked fine linear cloud strokes image composed delicate crosshatched lines varied marks creating texture clothing vegetation sky