Caption

Portrait of an unknown man with a long beard, print, annotation: '7em état', printmaker: Frans Lauwers (signed by artist), 1879, paper, etching, height 350 mm x width 259 mm, anonymous historical person portrayed alone, A monochrome portrait of an older person shown from the shoulders up wearing a dark, soft hat and a long, flowing beard and mustache; the face is rendered with fine shading and crosshatch lines showing a high forehead, pronounced eyebrows, deep-set eyes looking slightly to the side, a straight nose, and closed lips; the hair is long and wavy, blending into the expansive beard whose textured strands cascade over the chest; the background is uniformly filled with dense, fine crosshatching.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B18_323

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.3Mb (7.0Mb) / 11.4in x 15.4in / 3427 x 4624 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown man long beard print annotation 7em état printmaker Frans Lauwers signed artist 1879 paper etching height 350 mm x width 259 mm anonymous historical person portrayed alone monochrome portrait older person shown shoulders up wearing dark soft hat long flowing beard mustache face rendered fine shading crosshatch lines showing high forehead pronounced eyebrows deep-set eyes looking slightly side straight nose closed lips hair wavy blending expansive beard textured strands cascade chest background uniformly filled dense fine crosshatching