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View of the Pearl River with the City of Canton
Also titled Gezicht op de Parelrivier met de stad Kanton
1771
- Medium
- watercolor (paint), silk
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- height 95 cm x width 368 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
From around 1770 European merchants gladly took with them a ‘view of Canton’ as a souvenir when they left China. These depictions were remarkably true to nature. The European buildings were continually renovated and beautified. Because these activities were recorded in the archives, the portrayals can be dated with great precision. This view is one of the earliest of its kind.
