Caption

Landscape with a view of Dordrecht, print, printmaker: Claude Henri Watelet, France, 1758, paper, etching, height 85 mm x width 318 mm, church (exterior), cow, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), Dordrecht, Grote or Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, A wide landscape etching showing a distant town with clustered buildings and a large church with a tall tower, windmills rising among the rooftops, and smaller houses and trees along the skyline; in the foreground a marshy field with grasses and reeds, two cattle near the water with one standing and one lying down, a solitary figure standing with a staff facing the town, and to the right a mounted rider accompanied by a walking figure; the scene is rendered in fine hatched lines and tonal shading on a pale background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B32_255

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.2Mb (10.6Mb) / 25.9in x 6.8in / 7762 x 2035 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape view Dordrecht print printmaker Claude Henri Watelet France 1758 paper etching height 85 mm x width 318 mm church exterior cow city-view landscape man- constructions city -scape figures staffage Grote Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk wide landscape showing distant town clustered buildings large church tall tower windmills rising rooftops smaller houses trees skyline foreground marshy field grasses reeds two cattle near water standing lying down solitary figure standing staff facing town right mounted rider accompanied walking figure scene rendered fine hatched lines tonal shading pale background