After Ishizaki Yũshi (1768-1846)
‘Titia, the wife of Jan Cock Blomhoff, with wetnurse Petronella Munts holding the son Johannes, and the enslaved Javanese maidservant Maraty’
Watercolour on paper
H. 38 x W. 29 cm
Ishizaki Yũshi was born in a family of karae mekiki, inspectors of foreign pictures, a position that introduced him to European painting techniques. This gave him a great reputation and his atelier had a strong attraction to potential students. Yũshi had many, amongst them the famous Kawahara Keiga.
Watercolour on paper
H. 38 x W. 29 cm
Ishizaki Yũshi was born in a family of karae mekiki, inspectors of foreign pictures, a position that introduced him to European painting techniques. This gave him a great reputation and his atelier had a strong attraction to potential students. Yũshi had many, amongst them the famous Kawahara Keiga.
Part of the Japan collection.
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