Caption

Mountain landscape with lake and horsemen, Les contrebandiers (original title), print, printmaker: Philip Zilcken (signed by artist), after drawing by Camille Corot (signed by artist), 1890 - 1930, inorganic material, paper, chalk, etching, drypoint, soft-ground etching, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint and varnish mou, with plate tone, edited with white chalk, height 160 mm x width 211 mm, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, mountains, smuggler, A monochrome landscape sketch showing tall slender trees with sparse foliage rising from a dark foreground, flanked by steep rock faces on both sides that slope upward and inward, while textured crosshatched shading fills the sky and rocky surfaces; a shallow reflective body of water runs across the lower portion, with indistinct dark forms near the left bank that resemble animals and a faint human figure among them, and varied pencil strokes create subtle contrasts and smudged areas throughout the scene.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B26_150

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Rights managed

Available size

49.4Mb (6.5Mb) / 15.3in x 12.6in / 4578 x 3770 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mountain landscape lake horsemen Les contrebandiers original title print printmaker Philip Zilcken signed artist drawing Camille Corot 1890 - 1930 inorganic material paper chalk etching drypoint soft-ground etching intaglio printmaking technique varnish mou plate tone edited white chalk height 160 mm x width 211 mm riding horse ass mule rider horseman mountains smuggler monochrome landscape sketch showing tall slender trees sparse foliage rising dark foreground flanked steep rock faces sides slope upward inward textured crosshatched shading fills sky rocky surfaces shallow reflective body water runs across lower portion indistinct dark forms near left bank resemble animals faint human figure them varied pencil strokes create subtle contrasts smudged areas scene