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Tiger on a rock
Also titled Tijger op een rots
1913
- Medium
- paper, lacquer (coating), gold (metal), ink
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- height 157 cm x width 57.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Belport Familienstiftung
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
A tiger on a rocky outcrop. Japan, 1913. Signed Gekkō; Tanaka Gekkō (1892-?). Ink, colours, lacquer and gold on paper. Here Gekkō depicted a tiger roaring from a rocky promontory. The tail can be seen just under the rock. The tiger is depicted in careful detail, with a delicate brush. The rock is painted loosely, withbroad strokes. Acquired with the support of the Belport Family Foundation.
