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Pleuianders luytants, Two wrestling African 'pleuianders' (fighters or wrestlers), print, album page, book illustration, Print is part of an album., printmaker: Léon Davent, after drawing by Luca Penni (attributed to), after drawing by Nicolas de Nicolay (possibly), publisher: Guillaume Rouille (I), Lyon, 1555 - 1568, Attributed to, paper, etching, pasted on album page, height 252 mm x width 176 mm, A monochrome drawing of two nude men grappling, their bodies entwined in a wrestling hold; both have closely cropped hair and strained facial expressions, one man's head pressed near the other's shoulder while his arm wraps around the other's back, the other man leaning forward with his arm gripping the first man's thigh and his hand on the other’s back; detailed line shading emphasizes muscles, knees, feet, and toes, and both men's legs are bent with visible calf and thigh contours; the ground beneath them shows short grass and textured shading indicating a surface, and the overall image has a paper texture with faint smudges and aging marks.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B24_442

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

35.3Mo (9.2Mo) / 25.0cm x 35.4cm / 2947 x 4186 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Pleuianders luytants Two wrestling African pleuianders fighters wrestlers print album page book illustration Print part album printmaker Léon Davent drawing Luca Penni attributed Nicolas de Nicolay publisher Guillaume Rouille I Lyon 1555 - 1568 Attributed paper etching pasted height 252 mm x width 176 mm monochrome drawing two nude men grappling bodies entwined wrestling hold closely cropped hair strained facial expressions man's head pressed near s shoulder arm wraps s back man leaning forward arm gripping first man's thigh hand ’s back detailed line shading emphasizes muscles knees feet toes men's legs bent visible calf thigh contours ground beneath them short grass textured indicating surface image paper texture faint smudges aging marks