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Hunters in a landscape, Chinese hunting scenes, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and brought to light, by P: Schenk Jun, third part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 9, 12, Chinese landscape with a group of hunters. A wealthy gentleman sits on horseback with a spear in his hand. On the left, a kneeling figure with two birds. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 161 mm x width 255 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, hunter, A line drawing shows a landscape with rolling hills, rocky outcrops, clustered trees, and a building with a tower near a river. In the foreground a bridge spans water and a shoreline with vegetation curves around. Five human figures are arranged near two horses: one person sits on horseback holding a long staff with decorative elements and wears a wide-brimmed hat, another rides a second horse and pulls back on a bow, a third stands in front of the mounted figure with a bundle and a quiver on their back, a fourth kneels by the water holding a dish of fish, and a fifth sits behind the mounted figure smiling and wearing a conical cap. The horses are bridled and saddled, with one animal shown in profile and the other facing slightly toward the viewer. There are decorative banners or plumes attached to some of the staffs and simple clothing details rendered with fine linework throughout the scene.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B27_265

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

35.4Mo (8.4Mo) / 37.1cm x 23.9cm / 4379 x 2825 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Hunters landscape Chinese hunting scenes Newly invented drawn great difficulty light P Schenk Jun third part print album page ornamental print Series number 9 12 Chinese landscape group hunters wealthy gentleman sits horseback spear hand left kneeling figure two birds Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 161 mm x width 255 mm landscapes temperate zone hunter line drawing rolling hills rocky outcrops clustered trees building tower near river foreground bridge spans water shoreline vegetation curves Five human figures arranged near two horses person sits horseback holding long staff decorative elements wears wide-brimmed hat another rides second horse pulls back bow third stands front mounted figure bundle quiver back fourth kneels water holding dish fish fifth sits mounted figure smiling wearing conical cap horses bridled saddled animal shown profile facing slightly viewer decorative banners plumes attached staffs simple clothing details rendered fine linework scene