Caption

Church with churchyard and bell tower, Churchyard with bell tower, Giethoorn (original title), print, printmaker: Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870 - 1908, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 167 mm x width 210 mm, churchyard, cemetery, church (exterior), church bell, A sepia-toned etched scene shows the right portion of a stone building with a steep thatched roof and an arched window with a lattice pattern, next to a tall wooden bell tower structure with a pitched roof and visible beams and supports, a ladder-like framework leaning against it, and a bell hanging beneath the small roof; the foreground displays an expanse of graves with a variety of upright and leaning headstones scattered across uneven ground, while the sky above is mostly empty with faint horizontal etched lines and a few stylized cloud or foliage shapes near the upper corners.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B22_387

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.4Mb (11.9Mb) / 14.5in x 11.7in / 4340 x 3495 (300dpi)

Keywords

Church churchyard bell tower Churchyard Giethoorn original title print printmaker Willem Bastiaan Tholen 1870 - 1908 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 167 mm x width 210 mm cemetery church exterior church bell sepia-toned etched scene right portion stone building steep thatched roof arched window lattice pattern next tall wooden bell tower structure pitched roof visible beams supports ladder- framework leaning bell hanging beneath small roof foreground displays expanse graves variety upright leaning headstones scattered across uneven ground sky mostly empty faint horizontal lines stylized cloud foliage shapes near upper corners