Lady watching a swallow

A woman with hair pinned high and gold earrings sits on a dark wooden armchair, holding a round fan in one hand and a long stick in the other. Beside her, a blue-and-white basin painted with fish sits on a red stand, and swallows fly across the upper corner of the sheet.

Look closer: Two small swallows drawn in the upper right corner, one low and one diving.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1736–95

Medium

Hanging scroll; multicolor woodblock print on paper, printed with black and blue outlines, hand colored

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2147 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund