Caption

View of a city, possibly The Hague, sketchbook page, Page 26 recto from a sketchbook with 39 pages., draftsman (artist): Pieter Moninckx, The Hague (possibly), 1645 - 1646, draftsman (artist), inorganic material, paper, chalk, black chalk, height 201 mm x width 315 mm, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city, A wide pencil sketch of a townscape seen from above with a tall church steeple rising on the left and a row of pitched roofs and building outlines stretching toward the right, interspersed with clusters of trees and leafy canopies rendered with short curved strokes, with lighter pencil shading suggesting distant rooftops and open ground in the foreground and sparse, faint sky above.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B47_110

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40.8Mb (7.7Mb) / 15.9in x 10.0in / 4772 x 2986 (300dpi)

Keywords

View city Hague sketchbook page Page 26 recto sketchbook 39 pages draftsman artist Pieter Moninckx 1645 - 1646 inorganic material paper chalk black chalk height 201 mm x width 315 mm prospect town panorama silhouette wide pencil sketch townscape tall church steeple rising left row pitched roofs building outlines stretching right interspersed clusters trees leafy canopies rendered short curved strokes lighter pencil shading suggesting distant rooftops open ground foreground sparse faint sky