Caption

Old man and a woman reading forbidden literature, Lecture promibée au Michiels, printmaker, after painting by, printer (person), Karel Ooms, paper, chine collé, etching, roulette, intaglio printmaking technique, roulette and plate tone on chine collé, height 394 mm x width 298 mm, adolescent, young woman, maiden, reading, reading the Bible or other religious books, old man, A detailed monochrome etching shows an older bearded man seated in a carved wooden chair wearing a dark flowing robe, his face turned toward the viewer with a furrowed expression, and a younger woman leaning over his shoulder wearing a light headscarf and ruffled collar, her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open; their hands rest on an open book on a cluttered table strewn with additional closed books and rolled papers, and the scene is set against a textured wall and a partially visible window.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B19_190

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (7.1Mb) / 11.4in x 14.4in / 3430 x 4327 (300dpi)

Keywords

Old man woman reading forbidden literature Lecture promibée au Michiels printmaker painting printer person Karel Ooms paper chine collé etching roulette intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 394 mm x width 298 mm adolescent young woman maiden Bible religious books old man detailed monochrome etching older bearded man seated carved wooden chair wearing dark flowing robe face turned viewer furrowed expression younger woman leaning shoulder wearing light headscarf ruffled collar eyes wide mouth slightly open hands rest open book cluttered table strewn additional closed books rolled papers scene set textured wall partially visible window