Caption

Lake with sailboats, print, printmaker: Maurits van der Valk (signed by artist), 1867 - 1935, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 200 mm x width 314 mm, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, lake, A horizontal ink drawing of a riverside scene showing a wide expanse of water in the foreground with scattered short strokes indicating ripples and a few thin vertical posts emerging from the surface. Along the midground are low grassy banks and reed-covered islets, a small arched footbridge spanning a narrow channel, and several sailboats with triangular sails moored or drifting near the shore. Behind the boats a low line of trees and clustered buildings with pitched roofs form the distant bank, and a tall group of densely foliaged trees rises on the right. The sky above is filled with light, loose contour lines and soft cloud shapes.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B24_406

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.1Mb (12.4Mb) / 18.4in x 11.7in / 5510 x 3498 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lake sailboats print printmaker Maurits van der Valk signed artist 1867 - 1935 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 200 mm x width 314 mm sailing-ship sailing-boat lake horizontal ink drawing riverside scene showing wide expanse water foreground scattered short strokes indicating ripples thin vertical posts emerging surface midground low grassy banks reed-covered islets small arched footbridge spanning narrow channel several sailboats triangular sails moored drifting near shore boats low line trees clustered buildings pitched roofs form distant bank tall group densely foliaged trees rises right sky filled light loose contour lines soft cloud shapes