Légende

Remains of the House of Altena with the village of Almkerk in the distance, View of the ruins of the House of Altena, print, book illustration, printmaker: Jacobus Schijnvoet, after drawing by Roelant Roghman (possibly), publisher: Pieter de Coup, Amsterdam, 1711, paper, etching, engraving, height 195 mm x width 216 mm, A sepia-toned landscape drawing shows a large blocky stone tower on a grassy mound at left with small rectangular openings and a doorway, a solitary figure standing near the mound edge, and gently rolling terrain extending toward the right where a church with a tall pointed steeple rises behind a cluster of trees. In the foreground a winding dirt path runs toward the horizon with several small human figures walking along it, including two figures conversing near the front and other figures farther back, and a distant windmill silhouette stands on the right horizon. The sky above is filled with horizontal line shading and rounded cloud forms, and the ground and vegetation are rendered with fine cross-hatched lines and textured strokes.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B32_321

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37.8Mo (9.2Mo) / 35.0cm x 27.1cm / 4135 x 3197 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Remains House Altena village Almkerk distance View ruins print book illustration printmaker Jacobus Schijnvoet drawing Roelant Roghman publisher Pieter de Coup Amsterdam 1711 paper etching engraving height 195 mm x width 216 mm sepia-toned landscape drawing large blocky stone tower grassy mound left small rectangular openings doorway solitary figure standing near mound edge gently rolling terrain extending right church tall pointed steeple rises cluster trees foreground winding dirt path runs horizon several small human figures walking two figures conversing front figures farther back distant windmill silhouette stands right horizon sky filled horizontal line shading rounded cloud forms ground vegetation rendered fine cross-hatched lines textured strokes