Caption
Landscape with Chinese people meeting and greeting each other, Der Sineser besuchung und Abschied nehmen, Chinese customs, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 10, 12, Landscape with a Chinese woman and man greeting each other and setting off together. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 173 mm x width 253 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, saluting, meeting, A monochrome line drawing shows four robed figures standing on a shoreline with stylized hills and water in the background; two of the figures wear ornate headdresses and bulbous sleeves, one holds a long pole with a draped cloth, and another holds a folding fan while facing the pole-bearer; a small dog with an open mouth stands on the ground nearby; behind the figures are a pavilion with a tiled roof, clusters of tall thin trees, a small building on a distant hill, a palm-like tree, and a distant sailing boat on the water; decorative plants and grasses dot the foreground and the shoreline is edged with cliffs and textured water.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B27_278
License type
Rights managed
Available size
38.6Mb (8.9Mb) / 14.6in x 10.3in / 4369 x 3089 (300dpi)