Winder
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/57
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Winder
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China Austro-Hungarian Empire Poland
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolour embossing
- Material
- Indian ink paper
- Dimensions
- 29.3 x 24.4 cm (height x width)
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 woman is depicted sitting on a low bench. She is shown in full face with a three-quarters turn to the left. She is dressed in a blue knee-length robe with a long white robe underneath. She is wearing black fabric shoes. Her hair is grey; it is gathered up into a bun and pinned with a hairpin in the form of a bee. There is a round earring in her ear and a thin yellow bracelet on her left hand. The woman is unwinding the thread from the spindle. The strands of thread are hanging on the rack. The etching comes from the album "Chinese Customs and National Costumes", 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 eighteenth century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created such paintings for Europeans seeking 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 "57".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
