Caption

Landscape with spectators at a cockfight, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and published, by P: Schenk Jun, first part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 5, 24, A Chinese man and woman look at three roosters. A crouching figure holds one of the roosters. Two birds in the air. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 145 mm x width 275 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, cock-fighting, A horizontal ink drawing shows a riverbank scene with two people standing together in traditional robes near a simple wooden railing, a man wearing a hat and a woman with an ornate hair arrangement and patterned clothing gesturing with her hands; nearby a crouching figure wearing a conical hat tends to a rooster while additional roosters peck at the ground; a winding path leads past a small pavilion and a distant multi-tiered building on a hill, with birds flying overhead; trees with detailed leaves and drooping branches frame the left and right edges, and a simple wooden bridge extends over the water toward the right side where rocks and plants line the shore; foreground plants, stylized waves, a small cylindrical cage with a ring on top, and scattered pebbles complete the composition.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_237

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.3Mb (7.4Mb) / 16.2in x 8.9in / 4863 x 2679 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape spectators cockfight Newly invented Chinese drawn great difficulty published P Schenk Jun first part print album page ornamental print Series number 5 24 Chinese man woman look three roosters crouching figure holds roosters Two birds air Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 145 mm x width 275 mm landscapes temperate zone cock-fighting horizontal ink drawing riverbank scene two people standing together traditional robes near simple wooden railing man wearing hat woman ornate hair arrangement patterned clothing gesturing hands nearby crouching figure wearing conical hat tends rooster additional roosters peck ground winding path leads past small pavilion distant multi-tiered building hill birds flying overhead trees detailed leaves drooping branches frame left right edges simple wooden bridge extends water right side rocks plants line shore foreground plants stylized waves small cylindrical cage ring top scattered pebbles complete composition