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Old woman leaning on a cane in a doorway, print, annotation: 'une epreuve 1er état', printmaker: Mary Hector Rupert Cantineau, printmaker: attributed to Virgile Cantineau, after design by Charles De Groux (possibly), 1885 - in or before 1909, Attributed to, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 294 mm x width 196 mm, Date of death of printmaker unknown. Therefore, the date of acquisition has been used to determine the rights to this object., old woman, A sepia-toned drawing of an elderly figure standing in profile, leaning forward and resting one hand on a tall wooden staff; the figure wears a long hooded cloak with a draped outer garment and long sleeves, and a heavy shawl or scarf falls over the shoulders and down the front; the face is wrinkled and shown in side view beneath the hood, with a prominent nose and closed mouth; the other hand hangs down near the waist, partially covered by fabric folds; the long skirt or robe reaches to the ground and shows detailed vertical folds and crosshatched shading; the staff extends to the floor where the hem of the robe pools around a simple shoe visible at the toe; the background is plain with subtle vertical and diagonal sketch marks and textured shading across the surface.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B16_190

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42.1Mo (5.0Mo) / 25.8cm x 41.0cm / 3042 x 4837 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Old woman leaning cane doorway print annotation epreuve 1er état printmaker Mary Hector Rupert Cantineau attributed Virgile Cantineau design Charles De Groux 1885 - 1909 Attributed paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 294 mm x width 196 mm Date death printmaker unknown date acquisition determine rights object old woman sepia-toned drawing elderly figure standing profile leaning forward resting hand tall wooden staff figure wears long hooded cloak draped outer garment long sleeves heavy shawl scarf falls shoulders down front face wrinkled shown side view beneath hood prominent nose closed mouth hand hangs down near waist partially covered fabric folds long skirt robe reaches ground detailed vertical folds crosshatched shading staff extends floor hem robe pools simple shoe visible toe background plain subtle vertical diagonal sketch marks textured shading across surface