A woman pouring a Dutchman a glass of Dutch gin
Watercolour on paper, with printed paper surround
Painting: 80 x 25.6 cm
Scroll: 115 x 32.5 cm
Exhibited:
Exposorium Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Kõmõ-Jin, Roodharige Vreemdelingen Op Deshima, Nagasaki prenten en schilderingen uit de 18e en 19e eeuw, 1 - 31 March 1983
Literature:
Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, no. 37
Provenance:
Private collection, the Netherlands
Part of the Japan collection.
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