The Musician
Chinese School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
495 x 623 mm
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500459
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Musician, Chinese School, 18th century. Architectural setting depicting a scene with four figures in Chinese dress. A woman sitting on a chair holds a open book, next to her a woman in light blue sits playing a stringed instrument in a room with a red floor. To the right of the picture is an outside porch with an interlocking red fence and a river behind; two figures stand on the porch, one woman with a long stick and a boy in a red outfit.
Provenance
Felix Flugel bequest
Marks and inscriptions
y (1201/127A / One of a pair of 18th Century Chinese watercolours in Black frames / Felix Flugel / Geneva / (temporary label attached to packaging)
Makers and roles
Chinese School, artist