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‘Observing the Fish from Waterside Rock’
Matteo Ripa, 1712 - 1714
The illustrations in Thirty-Six Views of the Summer Palace in Chengde are depictions of what Emperor Kangxi described in verse and prose form. In his engravings, Ripa followed the composition of his Chinese examples (in painting and woodcut). But sometimes he adds a detail, such as the swimming fish here. The image, thus, perfectly complements the title of the imperial poem for this scene.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1968-211
- Dimensionsheight 325 mm x width 356 mm