Man Driving a Pig
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Man Driving a Pig is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts a man walking a pig on a leash. The man is barefoot and wears a blue shirt and shorts, with a gray backpack on his back. He holds a long stick in his right hand, which is attached to the pig's neck. The pig is gray and has a long snout. The background of the painting is white, with a thin brown border around the edges. The man's facial expression is neutral, and he appears to be focused on walking the pig. The pig, on the other hand, seems to be looking back at the man. The overall atmosphere of the painting is calm and serene. This painting is a great example of Romanticism, a movement that emphasized emotion and nature. To learn more about this style, explore the Romanticism movement.
A rectangular watercolour painting titled Man Driving a Pig by Puqua, dated 1790, depicts a central figure in blue guiding a grey pig using two long sticks. The work is part of a set of 100 paintings illustrating various trades and occupations in Canton. It was purchased from Parsons & Sons and accessioned into the collection in 1898, with this provenance recorded in the Asia Department registers during a 2022 research project.
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