NAGASAWA ROSETSU: ROOSTER AND HEN

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NAGASAWA ROSETSU: ROOSTER AND HEN By Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799), signed Rosetsu and sealed Gyo (Inkyo) Japan, c. 1797 MUSEC Museo delle Culture, Lugano, Kakemono: Five centuries of Japanese painting. The Perino Collection, 17 July 2020-11 April 2021. Ink and watercolors on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll with a silk brocade frame and roiro-lacquered roller ends (jikusaki). Finely painted in broad, contrasting brushstrokes of black, gray, and red, depicting a rooster and hen pecking at the ground amid sparse grasses in the foreground. Inscriptions: To the bottom-right edge, signed Rosetsu and sealed Gyo (Inkyo). Image SIZE 98 x 35cm, SIZE incl. mounting 169 x 48 cm Following the style of his early teacher Maruyama Okyo, especially his naturalistic depiction of animals, birds, and fish, Rosetsu established a reputation as an unrestrained and imaginative painter. Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799) was an 18th-century Japanese painter of the Maruyama School, known for his versatile style. He was born to the family of a low-ranking samurai. He studied with Maruyama Okyo in Kyoto. Rosetsu's early period works are in the style of Maruyama Okyo, although critics agree that the pupil's skill quickly surpassed his master's. Finally, they had a falling out and Rosetsu left the school. After the break, he worked under the patronage of the feudal lord of Yodo and accepted commissions at several temples. His works are kept in many museums worldwide, including the Dallas Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Harvard Art Museums, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and many more. Auction comparison: Compare a related hanging scroll painting of cranes in snow, by the same artist, at Christie’s, Japanese and Korean Art, 22 September 2020, New York, lot 8 (sold for USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 27,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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