Apothecary
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/21
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Apothecary
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolour 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
Information about author
Object description
The figure of a young man wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat is shown in a frontal view. The man is dressed in a long-sleeved blue shirt and long grey trousers. On the apothecary's left arm hangs a square straw basket with round briquettes of herbs. The etching comes from the album "Customs and National Costumes of the Chinese," which includes 60 images of Chinese people engaged in various activities. An explanation in German accompanies each image; some are written 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 is a calligraphic inscription in Indian ink, "Pu-Qua. Canton. Delin.". In the lower right corner is an inscription, "Dadley. London. Sculpt". In the upper right corner is the number "20".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
