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Etching of a muscular bare-chested man reaching toward a small pale figure before tall dark columns, with heavy shadowed foreground.

Philosopher, plate three from One Death, Part II

A dark etching shows a bare-chested, muscular man in profile on the right, arm outstretched toward a small, pale nude figure standing at left before a tall column. A wide dark foreground and heavy aquatint shadows frame the scene.

Artist
Max Klinger
Date
c. 1889
Medium
Etching and aquatint on dark cream wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2255 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1894).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Jack Daulton

Español: Filósofo, lámina tres de Una muerte, Parte II

Un oscuro grabado muestra a la derecha un hombre musculoso de perfil, sin camisa, con el brazo extendido hacia una pequeña figura desnuda y pálida de pie a la izquierda, junto a una alta columna. Una amplia zona oscura en primer plano y densas sombras de aguatinta enmarcan la escena.

Português: Filósofo, prancha três de Uma Morte, Parte II

Uma gravura escura mostra à direita um homem musculoso de perfil, sem camisa, com o braço estendido em direção a uma pequena figura nua e pálida, de pé à esquerda, diante de uma coluna alta. Um primeiro plano amplo e escuro e sombras densas de aquatinta emolduram a cena.

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