Caption

Two Chinese women playing a card game, Chinese women, flowers and birds, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 2, 12, Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II) (possibly), Amsterdam, after print by anonymous (possibly), 1727 - 1775, unknown, after print by, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, hand coloring, etching hand-colored in red, blue, green and orange, height 240 mm x width 168 mm, playing-cards, Chinese (women), Two women sit opposite each other at a low rectangular table with playing cards spread across its surface; the woman on the left wears a red robe with a blue skirt visible beneath and has a high dark hairstyle adorned with a small floral hair ornament, while the woman on the right wears a green robe over an orange skirt and has a similarly styled dark coiffure. The left woman is leaning forward with one hand pointing toward the cards and the other resting on the table, and the right woman is also leaning in with one hand hovering over the cards and the other resting near the table edge. The table holds a small teapot and a cup, and both women are seated on low stools with curved legs and decorative tops. The scene is enclosed within a thin rectangular border on a light, slightly speckled background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_223

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.4Mb (7.3Mb) / 9.8in x 14.4in / 2944 x 4324 (300dpi)

Keywords

Two Chinese women playing card game Chinese women flowers birds print album page ornamental print Series number 2 12 Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam anonymous 1727 - 1775 unknown grantor privilege paper etching hand coloring etching hand-colored red blue green orange height 240 mm x width 168 mm playing-cards Chinese women Two women sit opposite low rectangular table playing cards spread across surface woman left wears red robe skirt visible beneath high dark hairstyle adorned small floral hair ornament right wears green robe orange skirt similarly styled dark coiffure left woman leaning forward hand pointing cards resting table right woman also leaning hand hovering resting near table edge table holds small teapot cup seated low stools curved legs decorative tops scene enclosed within thin rectangular border light slightly speckled background