PrintsJapanese19th century

Perspective Picture: The Bell which Resounds for Ten Thousand Leagues in the Dutch Port of Furankai

about 1800-1805

Artists

Utagawa Toyoharu 歌川豊春Artist

Description

Perspective Picture: The Bell which Resounds for Ten Thousand Leagues in the Dutch Port of Furankai [in fact a view of the Grand Canal, Venice]

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: 25.6 × 38.4 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/8 in.)

Provenance

[Sebastian Izzard LLC, New York (2016-2019)], sold; Harvard Art Museums, 2019.

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