Légende

Reading bishop, Un père d'église, French etching from 1878, L'eau-forte en 1878, print, Series number, 10, 30, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', watermark, printmaker: Léopold Flameng, after design by Léopold Flameng, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1878, Léopold Flameng, widow Alfred Cadart, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 293 mm x width 218 mm, archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic), reading the Bible or other religious books, A sepia-toned etching of an elderly man wearing a tall rounded hat and a long flowing beard, shown from the chest upward and looking downward at an open book he holds with both hands; his face is rendered with dense crosshatching, his heavy-lidded eyes and furrowed brow visible, and his robe has textured folds and shading; the book pages are blank of visible text and his hands rest on and beside the pages, the background is dark and heavily shaded, and a thin lighter border surrounds the image.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B25_202

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54.8Mo (5.6Mo) / 31.5cm x 43.6cm / 3716 x 5152 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Reading bishop père d'église French etching 1878 L'eau-forte en 1878 print Series number 10 30 collector's mark AFE v S watermark printmaker Léopold Flameng design publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 293 mm x width 218 mm archbishop bishop etc Roman Catholic reading Bible religious books sepia-toned etching elderly man wearing tall rounded hat long flowing beard shown chest upward looking downward open book holds hands face rendered dense crosshatching heavy-lidded eyes furrowed brow visible robe textured folds shading book pages blank visible text hands rest beside pages background dark heavily shaded thin lighter border surrounds image