Landscape with a House (watercolor, verso); Portrait of a Gentleman (painting, recto)
19th century
Description
The recto of this folio features a watercolor landscape. At the bank of a river, a brown house stands before dark green trees. The atmospheric background is comprised of blue-grays of various saturation. At the top is the following inscription in pencil: “Court of …” The verso of this folio features an unfinished portrait of a gentleman, cut into an oval. There are pencil traces of robe exposing a shirt and arms coming forward. His face has been painted, with a full white and grey beard and a black mustache. He wears a white turban. Company School.
Dimensions
8.5 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreMiniature album of "urushi-e" (lacquer paintings); lacquer on paper
19th centuryJapaneseOil on canvas
19th centuryFrenchHanging scroll, cut and mounted into a frame; ink, color and gold on paper
Chinese
Acrylic paint on canvas
20th centuryAmericanOil on canvas
19th centuryAmericanOil on canvas
19th-20th centuryAmericanHanging scroll now framed and glazed; ink and colors on silk
18th-19th centuryKoreanAlbum leaf; ink and light color on silk
18th-19th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on silk
18th centuryChineseThread-bound book: seventh of nine; ink and color on paper
17th centuryJapaneseOil on canvas
20th centuryGermanSecond of a pair of handscrolls; ink, color, gold and silver on paper
17th centuryJapanese