Caption

Landscape with ostrich hunt, Chinese hunting scenes, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and published, by P: Schenk Jun, third part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 12, Chinese landscape with two horsemen hunting an ostrich with spears and hunting dogs. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 161 mm x width 254 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, game, hunted animals, walker and runner birds: ostrich, A detailed black and white line drawing shows two riders on horses moving from left toward center, each wearing distinctive headgear and traditional clothing, one holding a long pole with a tufted end and the other a spearlike weapon; two dogs run alongside them with one near the foreground and another slightly behind; a large bird with long legs, patterned wings, and a crest on its head walks to the right under drooping branches of a willow-like tree; the landscape includes rolling hills, a distant rocky outcrop, a bridge over water, clustered buildings with tiered roofs on the left, and scattered vegetation and rocks across the scene, all framed by a thin border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_268

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.9Mb (8.7Mb) / 14.9in x 9.6in / 4467 x 2891 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape ostrich hunt Chinese hunting scenes Newly invented drawn great difficulty published P Schenk Jun third part print album page ornamental print Series number 12 Chinese landscape two horsemen hunting ostrich spears hunting dogs Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 161 mm x width 254 mm landscapes temperate zone game hunted animals walker runner birds detailed black white line drawing two riders horses moving left center wearing distinctive headgear traditional clothing holding long pole tufted spearlike weapon two dogs run alongside them near foreground another slightly large bird long legs patterned wings crest head walks right under drooping branches willow- tree landscape includes rolling hills distant rocky outcrop bridge water clustered buildings tiered roofs scattered vegetation rocks across scene framed thin border