Caption

Landscape with a man and a woman drinking tea, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and published, by P: Schenk Jun, first part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 9, 24, Landscape with a man and a woman drinking tea at a table on the left. A kneeling servant on the left. Ships on the water in the background. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 166 mm x width 261 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, tea-ceremony - CC - out of doors, A line drawing shows a scene with a seated woman and a seated man at a table on a covered porch, the woman holding a small cup and the man extending his hand with a cup toward her; the table holds a small pitcher and a basket of round objects. A kneeling figure in front of the porch holds a pair of round objects on a flat implement while another person peeks from behind a post. Beyond the porch is a waterfront with several sailboats and larger ships, one with a tall multi-tiered sail and a nearby boat with a domed cover and oars. A distant shoreline rises into a rocky hill with clustered small buildings and a tower. Decorative floral branches frame the upper edge and several birds fly in the sky, while plants and rocks appear along the lower right foreground. The image is rendered in fine black lines on a light background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_241

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.7Mb (8.0Mb) / 15.2in x 9.9in / 4571 x 2959 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape man woman drinking tea Newly invented Chinese drawn great difficulty published P Schenk Jun first part print album page ornamental print Series number 9 24 table left kneeling servant Ships water background Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 166 mm x width 261 mm landscapes temperate zone tea-ceremony - CC - doors line drawing scene seated woman seated man covered porch woman holding small cup man extending hand cup table holds small pitcher basket round objects kneeling figure front porch holds pair flat implement another person peeks post Beyond porch waterfront several sailboats larger ships tall multi-tiered sail nearby boat domed cover oars distant shoreline rises rocky hill clustered small buildings tower Decorative floral branches frame upper edge several birds fly sky plants rocks lower right foreground image rendered fine black lines light background