Caption

Wall in Culemborg, print, A man and a woman standing by a wall, possibly a city wall, with battlement-like details and a wooden box., printmaker: Jan Weissenbruch, Culemborg (possibly), 1837 - 1880, paper, chine collé, etching, etching on chine collé, height 80 mm x width 47 mm, fence, wall, eel, city-walls, A vertical pen-and-ink scene shows a narrow street flanked by tall, textured stone buildings with arched doorways and protruding architectural elements, their surfaces rendered with dense crosshatching and vertical lines. The sky above is filled with soft, cloud-like pencil or ink strokes. Near the lower right, two small figures stand close together facing away, one wearing a rounded head covering and the other with a hat, their dark silhouettes contrasting with the lighter stonework. The ground is shaded with parallel strokes, and the composition emphasizes the height and weathered detail of the masonry.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B41_262

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47.2Mb (10.9Mb) / 10.1in x 18.2in / 3026 x 5450 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wall Culemborg print man woman standing wall city wall battlement- details wooden box printmaker Jan Weissenbruch 1837 - 1880 paper chine collé etching height 80 mm x width 47 mm fence eel city-walls vertical pen- -ink scene narrow street flanked tall textured stone buildings arched doorways protruding architectural elements surfaces rendered dense crosshatching vertical lines sky filled soft cloud- pencil ink strokes Near lower right two small figures stand close together facing away wearing rounded head covering hat dark silhouettes contrasting lighter stonework ground shaded parallel strokes composition emphasizes height weathered detail masonry