Caption

Portrait of a dreamy woman with a fan, print, printmaker: Pierre Alexandre Aveline, France, after design by Jean Antoine Watteau, publisher: Edme François Gersaint, 1712 - 1760, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 278 mm x width 195 mm, fan, sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure, A monochrome engraved scene shows a seated figure wearing a headwrap and a long, fur-trimmed coat, positioned against a backdrop of dense foliage and tree trunks; the figure's hands rest in their lap holding a slender object, and their face is turned slightly toward the viewer with a calm expression; layered leaves and branches fill the upper right area while crosshatched sky and distant vegetation occupy the left, and textured fabric and fur details drape around the figure down to the foreground where the ground and rock textures are rendered.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B23_321

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.2Mb (6.6Mb) / 11.0in x 14.6in / 3297 x 4366 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait dreamy woman fan print printmaker Pierre Alexandre Aveline France design Jean Antoine Watteau publisher Edme François Gersaint 1712 - 1760 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 278 mm x width 195 mm sitting elevation - AA - female human figure monochrome engraved scene seated figure wearing headwrap long fur-trimmed coat positioned backdrop dense foliage tree trunks figure's hands rest lap holding slender object face turned slightly viewer calm expression layered leaves branches fill upper right area crosshatched sky distant vegetation occupy left textured fabric fur details drape figure down foreground ground rock textures rendered