Nagasawa Rosetsu
【Sparrows on a rock with Peonies】
Title
Sparrows on a rock with Peonies
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 41.5 × H 115 cm (Image) ・ W 57 × H 185 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly damaged, slightly partly flaked
Artist History
The painter Nagasawa Rosetsu(1754–1799)was active in Kyoto in the mid-Edo period and studied under Maruyama Ōkyo(1733-1795). Rosetsu always pursued new expressions and techniques and loved to surprise and entertain people.