Caption
Two Chinese men in a landscape, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and brought to light, by P: Schenk Jun, first part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 11, 24, Left two Chinese men in a landscape. In the middle a river. Right a building. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 165 mm x width 260 mm, Chinese, water course, A monochrome line drawing shows two figures standing on a shoreline near a body of water, one figure facing forward with an outstretched arm and wearing a patterned robe and a hat, the other viewed from behind holding a cylindrical object and wearing patterned clothing; a twisted tree with leafy branches rises behind them and extends across the scene toward the right, where a multi-level pavilion with a tiled roof stands near the water supported by posts and partially framed by rocky outcrops and dense foliage; stylized waves fill the water, and additional trees and shrubs dot the shore and background, all enclosed within a simple rectangular border.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B27_243
License type
Rights managed
Available size
39.0Mb (7.6Mb) / 15.3in x 9.9in / 4580 x 2980 (300dpi)