Dans les campaignes de Rome, Landscape with rider in a crowd, French etchings from 1881, L'eau-forte en 1881, print, Series number, 7, 30, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', printmaker: François Nicolas Chifflart, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1881, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 201 mm x width 278 mm, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, plain, military parade, pageant, Rome, A wide tonal etching showing a dramatic sky filled with sweeping, textured clouds above a dark horizontal horizon, with a luminous band of light near the horizon; below the sky a crowded scene of many shadowed figures and horses moves toward the foreground along a central path, figures rendered in varied poses with some gesturing and others seated or reclining at the edges, clustered groups of people and animals creating dense silhouettes against the lighter path; on the left a lone tree with a flat canopy rises from a darkened slope, while rocky and vegetated forms ...
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Dans les campaignes de Rome, Landscape with rider in a crowd, French etchings from 1881, L'eau-forte en 1881, print, Series number, 7, 30, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', printmaker: François Nicolas Chifflart, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1881, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 201 mm x width 278 mm, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, plain, military parade, pageant, Rome, A wide tonal etching showing a dramatic sky filled with sweeping, textured clouds above a dark horizontal horizon, with a luminous band of light near the horizon; below the sky a crowded scene of many shadowed figures and horses moves toward the foreground along a central path, figures rendered in varied poses with some gesturing and others seated or reclining at the edges, clustered groups of people and animals creating dense silhouettes against the lighter path; on the left a lone tree with a flat canopy rises from a darkened slope, while rocky and vegetated forms frame the lower corners, and fine cross-hatched lines and tonal washes give the entire image a moody, etched appearance.

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Dans les campaignes de Rome Landscape rider crowd French etchings 1881 L'eau-forte en 1881 print Series number 7 30 collector's mark AFE v S printmaker François Nicolas Chifflart publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 201 mm x width 278 mm riding horse ass mule horseman plain military parade pageant Rome wide tonal showing dramatic sky filled sweeping textured clouds dark horizontal horizon luminous band light near horizon sky crowded scene shadowed figures horses moves foreground central path figures rendered varied poses gesturing seated reclining edges clustered groups people animals creating dense silhouettes lighter path left lone tree flat canopy rises darkened slope rocky vegetated forms frame lower corners fine cross-hatched lines tonal washes give entire image moody etched appearance

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