Caption

Portrait of an unknown man, possibly Senator Van den Berge Elsen, print, annotation: '1er etat de la planche', printmaker: Frans Lauwers (signed by artist), 1864 - 1911, paper, etching, height 349 mm x width 195 mm, historical persons, An etched portrait shows an older man seated in an ornate carved armchair, wearing a formal three-piece suit with a bow tie and a long coat, his hands resting on the chair arms and his legs crossed at the ankles, with closely cropped hair and prominent sideburns and a neutral facial expression; behind him is a textured wall with woodgrain-like lines and paneling at chair-back height, and beneath the chair an intricately patterned rug extends across the floor where a large long-haired dog lies curled, head lowered and eyes open.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B18_312

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.5Mb (6.6Mb) / 8.9in x 16.8in / 2678 x 5031 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown man Senator Van den Berge Elsen print annotation 1er etat de la planche printmaker Frans Lauwers signed artist 1864 - 1911 paper etching height 349 mm x width 195 mm historical persons etched portrait older man seated ornate carved armchair wearing formal three-piece suit bow tie long coat hands resting chair arms legs crossed ankles closely cropped hair prominent sideburns neutral facial expression textured wall woodgrain- lines paneling chair-back height beneath chair intricately patterned rug extends across floor large long-haired dog lies curled head lowered eyes open