Caption

Landscape with four willows and a brook, print, mark: 'Antwerpsche etsers 1880', printmaker: Alfred Elsen, 1881, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 235 mm x width 330 mm, farm or solitary house in landscape, brook, trees: willow, A detailed sepia-toned landscape drawing shows tall, slender trees with bare branches and clusters of leaves in the foreground, their trunks and fine twigs rendered with delicate crosshatching; a small body of water with reflected ripples and tufts of reeds and grasses sits at the bottom edge; beyond the trees a clearing reveals simple thatched-roof structures partially obscured by more trees and shrubs; the sky above is filled with layered, textured clouds created by dense, flowing lines.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B17_256

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.5Mb (8.2Mb) / 18.2in x 12.5in / 5447 x 3753 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape four willows brook print mark Antwerpsche etsers 1880 printmaker Alfred Elsen 1881 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 235 mm x width 330 mm farm solitary house landscape trees willow detailed sepia-toned landscape drawing tall slender trees bare branches clusters leaves foreground trunks fine twigs rendered delicate crosshatching small body water reflected ripples tufts reeds grasses sits bottom edge beyond clearing reveals simple thatched-roof structures partially obscu shrubs sky filled layered textured clouds created dense flowing lines