Caption

House by a river and landscape in Nanggung, west of Buitenzorg, West Java, drawing, topographical view, inscription: 'Nangong', draftsman (artist): Adrianus Johannes Bik, c. 1816 - c. 1846, draftsman (artist), Java, inorganic material, paper, chalk, sketch in black chalk, height 210 mm x width 305 mm, A wide pencil sketch of a landscape showing rolling hills in the distance and a river or stream flowing through the middle ground with scattered rocks along its bed. Clusters of trees and dense foliage line the water and extend across the plains toward the hills, with several taller, slender trees grouped near the center right. In the left foreground there is a rough structure with vertical and horizontal lines suggesting a building edge and a canopy or roof detail, and a tall tree trunk rises near that structure with loose outlines of branches and leaves. The foreground shows textured ground, low shrubs, and suggested vegetation along a fence or hedge line, and the sky area is mostly blank with light pencil shading.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B47_161

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (6.2Mb) / 15.6in x 10.6in / 4683 x 3169 (300dpi)

Keywords

House river landscape Nanggung west Buitenzorg West Java drawing topographical view inscription Nangong draftsman artist Adrianus Johannes Bik c 1816 - c 1846 Java inorganic material paper chalk sketch black chalk height 210 mm x width 305 mm wide pencil sketch showing rolling hills distance stream flowing middle ground scattered rocks bed Clusters trees dense foliage line water extend across plains hills several taller slender trees grouped near center right left foreground rough structure vertical horizontal lines suggesting building edge canopy roof detail tall tree trunk rises near structure loose outlines branches leaves foreground textured ground low shrubs suggested vegetation fence hedge line sky area mostly blank light pencil shading