「阿蘭陀人持渡駱駝」|Camels with Dutch Handlers

Unidentified artist

ca. 1821 · Woodblock print; ink and stencil-printed color on paper; horizontal ō-ōban · Asian Art

A Dutchman escorts the procession of male and female camels handled by two Arabian attendants in handsomely patterned clothes. At upper left is the Dutch word kameel, and the term is defined in Japanese to the left. At upper right is a detailed account of the physical attributes of the animals, with the heading “Camels brought over by the Dutch.”

Artist

Unidentified artist

Date

ca. 1821

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and stencil-printed color on paper; horizontal ō-ōban

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Sue Cassidy Clark Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2012