Caption

Four cows in a meadow, Melkbocht (original title), print, printmaker: Willem de Zwart (signed by artist), c. 1885, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 128 mm x width 202 mm, meadow, pasture, cow, A sepia-toned etching showing a rural scene with three cows standing on textured ground near a body of water, rendered with dense crosshatching and fine lines; one cow faces toward the viewer on the right with visible facial features and darker shading, a second cow is turned away showing its hindquarters and patterned coat, and a third cow stands in the midground facing left; the background contains heavily hatched trees, grasses, and a suggestion of reeds along the water's edge, while the foreground includes rough wood and tufts of grass with varied linear marks throughout the composition.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B22_314

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.5Mb (5.5Mb) / 15.6in x 11.1in / 4674 x 3329 (300dpi)

Keywords

Four cows meadow Melkbocht original title print printmaker Willem de Zwart signed artist c 1885 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 128 mm x width 202 mm pasture cow sepia-toned showing rural scene three cows standing textured ground near body water rendered dense crosshatching fine lines cow faces viewer right visible facial features darker shading second cow turned away showing hindquarters patterned coat third stands midground facing left background contains heavily hatched trees grasses suggestion reeds water's edge foreground includes rough wood tufts grass varied linear marks composition