The image shows a busy waterway filled with various boats, some with figures on board. The boats are adorned with flags. In the background, there is a cityscape with a church tower and buildings. The brushstrokes are detailed, and the color palette consists mainly of brown and blue tones. The scene depicts a historic setting, with distant structures and a slightly overcast sky.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1765/1766
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with gray wash over traces of graphite, tip of the brush with black wash, heightened with a few touches of white gouache (laid on thick eighteenth-century paper)
- Dimensions
- 7300 × 5142 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
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