Altar des H. Ildefons, Holy Family under an apple tree, print, printmaker: William Unger, after painting by Peter Paul Rubens, printer (person): A. Pisani, publisher: Hugo Othmar Miethke, Vienna, 1861 - 1889, printer (person), Lower Austria, paper, chine collé, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 459 mm x width 297 mm, Holy Family, and derived representations, trees: apple-tree, A detailed monochrome engraving depicts a group of figures gathered beneath a leafy tree laden with round fruit and surrounded by dense foliage; at center a seated woman in draped clothing holds a sleeping infant on her lap while another small child stands reaching toward the infant, supported by an older woman who leans forward and gestures; an elderly bearded man extends an arm from behind the older woman toward the tree, and a robed man stands in shadow behind the seated woman; cherubic putti cling to the branches above, one appearing to hang among the fruit; rocky ground, tufts of grass, and a s...
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Altar des H. Ildefons, Holy Family under an apple tree, print, printmaker: William Unger, after painting by Peter Paul Rubens, printer (person): A. Pisani, publisher: Hugo Othmar Miethke, Vienna, 1861 - 1889, printer (person), Lower Austria, paper, chine collé, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 459 mm x width 297 mm, Holy Family, and derived representations, trees: apple-tree, A detailed monochrome engraving depicts a group of figures gathered beneath a leafy tree laden with round fruit and surrounded by dense foliage; at center a seated woman in draped clothing holds a sleeping infant on her lap while another small child stands reaching toward the infant, supported by an older woman who leans forward and gestures; an elderly bearded man extends an arm from behind the older woman toward the tree, and a robed man stands in shadow behind the seated woman; cherubic putti cling to the branches above, one appearing to hang among the fruit; rocky ground, tufts of grass, and a sheep appear in the foreground, and flowing fabric, textured bark, and finely hatched shading create rich contrasts throughout the composition.

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Altar des H Ildefons Holy Family under apple tree print printmaker William Unger painting Peter Paul Rubens printer person A Pisani publisher Hugo Othmar Miethke Vienna 1861 - 1889 Lower Austria paper chine collé etching intaglio printmaking technique height 459 mm x width 297 mm Holy Family derived representations trees apple-tree detailed monochrome engraving depicts group figures gathered beneath leafy tree laden round fruit surrounded dense foliage center seated woman draped clothing holds sleeping infant lap another small child stands reaching infant supported older woman leans forward gestures elderly bearded man extends arm tree robed man stands shadow cherubic putti cling branches appearing hang fruit rocky ground tufts grass sheep foreground flowing fabric textured bark finely hatched shading create rich contrasts composition

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