Caption

Salesperson of Amsterdam weekly 'Het Leven', sketchbook page, The boy is wearing a cap and bag and has a harness with the cover of the weekly on his chest. Page 1 from a sketchbook with 28 pages., annotation: 'HET LEVEN, HET LEVEN, HET LEVEN', draftsman (artist): Otto Verhagen (I), c. 1917 - c. 1919, draftsman (artist), paint (coating), inorganic material, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), brush, black chalk, colored pencil and brush in colors, height 280 mm x width 216 mm, merchant, salesman, A pencil and watercolor sketch showing three views of a person wearing a peaked cap and a rectangular board hanging on the chest with vertical pastel stripes; one view is a frontal portrait with a neutral expression, another shows a profile looking to the side while holding a folded sheet, and a third shows an open-mouthed three-quarter view; the central figure is drawn with legs in mid-step and a long dark coat or skirt detail, and the background is a pale, slightly textured sheet with faint smudges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B47_133

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40.2Mb (5.7Mb) / 10.7in x 14.6in / 3222 x 4365 (300dpi)

Keywords

Salesperson Amsterdam weekly Het Leven sketchbook page boy wearing cap bag harness cover weekly chest Page 1 sketchbook 28 pages annotation draftsman artist Otto Verhagen I c 1917 - c 1919 paint coating inorganic material paper pencil chalk watercolor brush black chalk colored pencil colors height 280 mm x width 216 mm merchant salesman watercolor sketch showing three views person wearing peaked cap rectangular board hanging vertical pastel stripes view frontal portrait neutral expression another profile looking side holding folded sheet third open-mouthed three-quarter view central figure drawn legs mid-step long dark coat skirt detail background pale slightly textured sheet faint smudges