Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka

Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka

Ed van der Elsken (mentioned on object)

Details

Dimensions
height 251 mm x width 135 mm
Origin
Osaka
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

9 tags

Subject Matter

  • Human Figure Both · 99%

    The central subject is an adult man carrying a small child on his back; the title identifies the subjects as a man and a toddler.

  • Childhood Both · 98%

    A toddler is clearly visible in the image, and the catalog title explicitly identifies the child as a toddler.

  • Eye Contact Visual · 94%

    The adult figure's face is turned directly toward the camera, creating a clear visual encounter with the viewer.

  • Scenes of Everyday Life Visual · 82%

    The photograph presents an apparently candid interaction involving an adult and child among other people in a public environment rather than a formal studio arrangement.

Visual Qualities

  • Dense Composition Visual · 90%

    The tightly cropped image contains overlapping figures, dark vertical background elements, and limited open space, producing a visually crowded arrangement.

Medium and Techniques

  • Photography Metadata · 99%

    The Rijksmuseum classifies the work as a photograph and identifies the medium as an ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk, or gelatin silver print.

  • The image is visibly black and white, and the catalog specifies a gelatin silver print; the pink felt-tip mark is an isolated color addition.

  • Mixed-Media Metadata · 94%

    The catalog records a gelatin silver print with pink felt-tip, indicating photographic and drawn or written media combined on the work.

Time Periods

  • Art of the 1960s Metadata · 97%

    The catalog dates the work to January–February 1960 and also gives the broader range 1960–1966, placing it within the 1960s.

Source & rights

Ed van der Elsken (mentioned on object). Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.