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Brown etching of a Gothic abbey with spires atop a rocky island, with houses and walls below and small figures on wet sand in the foreground.

Mont Saint-Michel

A tall Gothic abbey with a spire crowns a rocky tidal island, its buildings stepping down past fortified walls and clustered houses. In the foreground, small figures and a pack animal cross wet sand under a cloud-filled sky. The etching uses fine hatched lines and soft tonal shading in warm brown ink.

Artist
Axel Herman Haig
Date
1882
Medium
Etching in black on paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2305 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1882).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

Español: Mont Saint-Michel, aguafuerte de Axel Herman Haig

Una alta abadía gótica con una aguja corona una isla rocosa de marea, con sus edificios escalonados sobre muros fortificados y casas apiñadas. En primer plano, pequeñas figuras y un animal de carga cruzan la arena mojada bajo un cielo lleno de nubes. El grabado usa líneas finas en trama y sombreados suaves en tinta café.

Português: Mont Saint-Michel, gravura de Axel Herman Haig

Uma alta abadia gótica com uma torre pontiaguda coroa uma ilha rochosa de maré, com suas construções descendo por muralhas fortificadas e casas agrupadas. No primeiro plano, pequenas figuras e um animal de carga atravessam a areia molhada sob um céu coberto de nuvens. A gravura usa linhas finas hachuradas e sombreados suaves em tinta marrom.

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