EditorialInsects and Grasses, Edo period (1615?1868), dated 1847, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 8 1/4 x 95 in. (21 x 241.3 cm), Paintings, Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783?1856), This consummate summer subject, painted by Nagoya literatus Yam...
EditorialCelebrations in Toulon. Date/Period: 1900. Drawing. Watercolour, gouache, graphite pencil and brushwork ink on paper. Height: 154 mm (6.06 in); Width: 114 mm (4.48 in).
EditorialSt. Paul's Cathedral from St. Martin's-le-Grand, ca. 1795, Watercolor, pen, black ink over graphite, sheet: 19 3/16 x 14 7/8 in. (48.8 x 37.8 cm), Drawings, Thomas Girtin (British, London 1775?1802 London), In this vibrant rendering of a bustling Londo...
Editorial? ?? (?) ????????? ?, Landscape in the Style of Yan Wengui and Fan Kuan, Yuan (1271?1368) or Ming (1368?1644) dynasty, late 14th century, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 9 13/16 x 30 1/2 in. (24.9 x 77.5 cm), Paintings, Zhao Yuan (Chinese, acti...
Editorial????? ??????, Mynah Bird on Plum Branch, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, 36 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (91.9 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Saien Hosai (Xiyua Fangqi) (1736???1795), A single mynah bird rests upon a flowering p...
Editorial??, ???, ???, ??, Plantain Lily, early 20th century, China, Album leaf; ink and color on paper, 11 x 17 1/4 in. (27.9 x 43.8 cm), Paintings, Chen Hengke (Chinese, 1876?1923), The strong interplay of color and ink, decorative appeal and calligraphy upda...
EditorialBirds and flowers, Edo period, Japan, 1791. A white parrot perched on a blossoming branch. The parrot is not native to Japan, but it was imported from as early as the ninth century, when the birds were presented to the imperial court. Parrots remained ...
EditorialPaulus Verschuur (1606?1667), 1643, Oil on canvas, 46 3/4 x 37 in. (118.7 x 94 cm), Paintings, Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83?1666 Haarlem), Paulus Verschuur served seven terms as burgomaster of Rotterdam and was also a director of the East India C...