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African man with a turban leads a horse, in the background a man on horseback, Dark man with a turban leads a horse, print, printmaker: Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 82 mm x width 115 mm, head-gear: turban, horse, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, Africans, persons of African origin, A detailed black and white line drawing shows a large horse in the center viewed from the front and slightly turned, with a textured mane and ornamental plumes rising above its head and a visible bridle and chain. To the left a person stands with their back mostly toward the viewer, wearing a loose robe and a headwrap or turban, the figure rendered with fine hatch lines and textured shading. To the right a smaller figure on horseback is visible, also wearing loose clothing and a head covering, with the horse shown in profile. The background is plain and the overall image is composed of delicate, linear etching marks on a light, slightly mottled surface.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A92_153

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37.8Mo (10.6Mo) / 36.2cm x 26.1cm / 4277 x 3088 (300dpi)

Mots clés

African man turban leads horse background man horseback Dark man print printmaker Stefano della Bella 1620 - 1664 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 82 mm x width 115 mm head-gear turban riding ass mule rider horseman Africans persons African origin detailed black white line drawing large horse center viewed front slightly turned textured mane ornamental plumes rising head visible bridle chain left person stands back mostly viewer wearing loose robe headwrap figure rendered fine hatch lines textured shading right smaller figure visible also loose clothing head covering horse shown profile plain image composed delicate linear marks light slightly mottled surface