Bricklayer
Pu-Qua
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/24
- Author
- Pu-Qua
- Name
- Bricklayer
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolor embossing
- Material
- Indian ink paper
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 29.3 x 24.4
Additionally
- Type
- album sheet
- Genre
- genre art
- Provenance
- Purchased from a private individual
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Object description
A pectoral image of a young man wearing a straw hat is rotated three-quarters to the right. The man is building a brick wall, holding a brick in his left hand and a trowel in his right. He is wearing a brown shirt with long sleeves. To the right of the man, four columns of stacked bricks are depicted with a wooden bucket on top of them. The etching comes from the album "Customs and National Costumes of the Chinese," which includes 60 images of Chinese people engaged in various activities. Each image is accompanied by an explanation in German and some in French. In the 18th century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created these paintings for Europeans eager to learn more about China and its people.
Inscriptions
In the lower left corner there is a calligraphic inscription: "Pu-Qua.Canton. Delin." made in Indian ink. In the lower right corner there is an inscription: "Dadley.London.Sculpt". In the top right corner – number "24".
