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Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation: (left to right) a man hitting his head with a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a man with his head stuck in a block Wall Art
ART BY: Johan Nieuhof
Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation: (left to right) a man hitting his head with a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a man with his head stuck in a block Wall Art
ART BY: Johan Nieuhof
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About this artwork
Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation: (left to right) a man hitting his head with a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a man with his head stuck in a block is an engravings by Johan Nieuhof (1618–1672), dated 1700-1799. The artist is catalogued as Dutch. This reproduction is based on the copy in the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 6000 × 3858 px (7.4 MB). Catalogued under Prints, in landscape format. Archive Lane holds 3 works by Johan Nieuhof, a Dutch artist.
Johan Nieuhof was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) from Canton to Peking in 1655–1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Johan Nieuhof →
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Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation: (left to right) a man hitting his head with a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a man with his head stuck in a block is free to preview at web resolution. The original high-resolution file is a one-time purchase, or included with an Archive Lane membership (up to 1,000 high-resolution downloads per day) — and the artwork can also be ordered as a made-to-order print.
