Identification title(s): house with tower behind a fence and shepherdess with cattle. La maison enchantée. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1957-10. Catalog reference: iff 57. Van gelder 135-1. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, recto bottom right, stamped: (stamp on a sturdy sheet of paper on which the print is attached). Lugt 2194 collector's mark, center verso, stamped: (stamp on sturdy sheet of paper to which print is attached). Lugt 2228. Description: house with a tower behind a fence. The facade of the building stands out white against the dark surroundings. Two sculpted figures decorate the facade on either side of the skylight under a semi-circular cornice. Women stand on the balconies and pigeons sit and fly everywhere in and around the house. In front of the gate walks a shepherdess with a distaff and a child surrounded by cattle. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: rodolphe bresdin (mentioned on object), according to own design by: rodolphe bresdin. Date: 1871. Physical features: transfer lithography on chine collé. Material: chine collé technique: lithography (technique) / etching transferred to stone. Dimensions: image: h 174 mm × w 248 mm sheet: h 285 mm × w 419 mm. Subject: what: urban housingherding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Cattle. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1957. Date: 1871.
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