Caption

Portrait of Baron Chasse with vignette, print, The sitter wears a military uniform with knightly orders and a cloak over it. Below the portrait are two crossed banners and a lion. Below that, the bombardment in 1830 during the defense of the Citadel of Antwerp. Soldiers fire cannons at the city, which is ablaze. At the bottom, a quote from La Gazette d'Amsterdam of November 5, 1830., printer (person): Desguerrois & Co., Amsterdam, c. 1830, Desguerrois & Co., printmaker, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 305 mm x width 235 mm, historical persons (head (and shoulders) (portrait)), knighthood order, firearms: cannon (during the battle), A sepia-toned lithograph of a man shown from the chest up wearing a dark military uniform with decorative shoulder epaulets and multiple medals on his chest, his hair short and combed, a high collar framing his neck, a draped cloth with tassels crossing below his portrait, and a smaller vignette beneath showing a scene with figures, horses, and buildings rendered in the same monochrome shading.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B15_173

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.7Mb (10.0Mb) / 12.7in x 14.6in / 3820 x 4365 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Baron Chasse vignette print sitter wears military uniform knightly orders cloak portrait two crossed banners lion bombardment 1830 defense Citadel Antwerp Soldiers fire cannons city ablaze bottom quote La Gazette d'Amsterdam November 5 printer person Desguerrois & Co Amsterdam c printmaker paper lithography height 305 mm x width 235 mm historical persons head shoulders knighthood order firearms cannon battle sepia-toned lithograph man shown chest up wearing dark military uniform decorative shoulder epaulets multiple medals chest hair short combed high collar framing neck draped cloth tassels crossing smaller vignette beneath showing scene figures horses buildings rendered monochrome shading