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‘An Immense Field with Shady Groves’
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‘An Immense Field with Shady Groves’

Matteo Ripa · 1712 - 1714 · engraving; China paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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While experimenting with copperplate engraving, Ripa was asked by the emperor to take on a few pupils. The sky and water in this print (and the adjacent one) lack hatching, and black dots represent lotus blossoms in the water. This unconventional approach for engraving suggests that these prints may have been the work of Ripa's apprentices.

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printKangxi (keizer van China)Chengde
Credit line‘An Immense Field with Shady Groves’. 1712 - 1714. Matteo Ripa. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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