Bricklayer
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/24
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Bricklayer
- 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
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 man's right, 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. 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 "24".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
