Caption

Horse and a chicken at a manger, print, annotation: 'First state', printmaker: Frans Lauwers (signed by artist), after painting by Eugène Joors, 1884, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 239 mm x width 317 mm, horse, fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.), A detailed monochrome etching shows a horse standing with a saddle draped over its back and harness straps hanging down, its head lowered toward a wooden trough on a simple three-legged stand; a small bird perches on the edge of the trough while the horse appears to be drinking, with finely rendered musculature, mane, and hooves, and the background filled with dense cross-hatched textures and sketch-like marks creating a rough wall and ground surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B18_341

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.2Mb (7.2Mb) / 13.9in x 11.0in / 4158 x 3291 (300dpi)

Keywords

Horse chicken manger print annotation First state printmaker Frans Lauwers signed artist painting Eugène Joors 1884 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 239 mm x width 317 mm horse fowl cock hen etc detailed monochrome etching horse standing saddle draped back harness straps hanging down head lowered wooden trough simple three-legged stand small bird perches edge trough drinking finely rendered musculature mane hooves background filled dense cross-hatched textures sketch- marks creating rough wall ground surface