Légende
Chinese man in sedan chair, Wie sich die vornehmen Sinesen lasen durch ihre Sclaven uber feld dragen, Chinese gentleman in a sedan chair (former title), Chinese customs, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 7, 12, A prominent Chinese man is carried in a sedan chair by enslaved servants. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 175 mm x width 255 mm, slavery, serfs and enslaved persons, Chinese, (carrying a person in a) sedan-chair, A line drawing shows a robed figure seated in an ornate covered chair carried on poles by two attendants, one at the front and one at the back, both wearing simple garments and hats; the seated figure holds a large hand mirror and wears a brimmed hat and patterned sleeves beneath a fringed canopy; a bird is depicted flying near the top and a small building with a flag appears on a distant hill; a tree with rounded foliage stands on the right and a tall slender tree on the left, while a reclining dog wearing a wide-brimmed hat lies near the foreground among low plants and flowers.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B27_275
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
38.7Mo (8.2Mo) / 37.3cm x 26.0cm / 4404 x 3068 (300dpi)