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Snails, c. 1788–89. Hanging scroll; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper.
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper · Image: 114.3 x 40.6 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Snails
- Artist
- Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799)
- Date
- c. 1788–89
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 114.3 x 40.6 cm (45 x 16 in.); Overall: 200.7 x 54 cm (79 x 21 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1754–1799
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.