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Chinese stargazers, Der Sinesen Stern Seher welche an einer freien Strase Tag und Nacht liggen und nur warden biss von den leuden ihm zur nahrung wass gereicht wird, Chinese customs, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 8, 12, Chinese stargazers sit and stand in a landscape and study the stars day and night. They live off what other people bring in terms of food and drink. On the right, a hammock between trees. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 172 mm x width 253 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, astrology, A pen-and-ink scene shows several robed figures in an outdoor landscape by the water, with one standing man holding a long staff and gesturing upward while wearing flowing robes and a hat, two other robed men standing nearby with one extending an arm toward the gesturing figure, and a seated robed man in the foreground holding a rectangular object and resting his head on his hand. The background includes rolling hills, a sun with radiating lines partly behind clouds, and a sailing ship on the water. To the right are tall trees with large, layered leaves and a hammock strung between two trunks, while the ground is dotted with tufts of grass, a flowering plant, a tree stump, and a round patterned object and a narrow-necked vessel near the left foreground.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B27_276

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Chinese stargazers Der Sinesen Stern Seher welche einer freien Strase Tag und Nacht liggen und nur warden biss von Chinese customs print album page ornamental print Series number 8 12 Chinese stargazers sit stand landscape study stars day night live off people bring terms food drink right hammock trees Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam Leipzig 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 172 mm x width 253 mm landscapes temperate zone Chinese astrology pen- -ink scene several robed figures outdoor landscape water standing man holding long staff gesturing upward wearing flowing robes hat two robed men standing nearby extending arm gesturing figure seated robed man foreground holding rectangular object resting head hand background includes rolling hills sun radiating lines partly clouds sailing ship tall trees large layered leaves hammock strung two trunks ground dotted tufts grass flowering plant tree stump round patterned object narrow-necked vessel near left foreground