Caption

Landscape in the Preanger (original title), Tree by a cemetery in the Preanger on Java, print, In the background the mountain Gunung Poetri, near the place Garut., printmaker: Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (signed by artist), 1899, 1913, paper, zinc etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone on zinc, height 205 mm x width 157 mm, trees, mountains, Java, West Java, Preanger, Garut, A detailed monochrome etching shows a group of large, drooping trees with dense, textured foliage and long hanging strands, their trunks and branches rendered with intricate lines and crosshatching; beneath and among the trees small rooftop structures and a few indistinct forms appear partially obscured by the vegetation; a flat horizontal foreground suggests a shoreline or embankment with layered linear patterns, and the sky above is mostly empty with a few sparse horizontal strokes.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B20_250

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.2Mb (6.7Mb) / 12.3in x 16.2in / 3676 x 4869 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape Preanger original title Tree cemetery Java print background mountain Gunung Poetri near place Garut printmaker Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp signed artist 1899 1913 paper zinc etching intaglio printmaking technique etching plate tone zinc height 205 mm x width 157 mm trees mountains West Java Garut detailed monochrome etching group large drooping trees dense textured foliage long hanging strands trunks branches rendered intricate lines crosshatching beneath trees small rooftop structures indistinct forms partially obscured vegetation flat horizontal foreground shoreline embankment layered linear patterns sky mostly empty sparse horizontal strokes