Duck in Flight
| Title | Duck in Flight |
|---|---|
| Artist | Shikibu Terutada (Japanese, active mid-1500s) |
| Date | mid-1500s 16th century |
| Medium | fan painting mounted as hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper |
| Classification | Painting |
| Origin | Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) Japan |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Duck in Flight, mid-1500s. Shikibu Terutada (Japanese, active mid-1500s). Fan painting mounted as hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper; painting: 25 x 50.2 cm (9 13/16 x 19 3/4 in.); mounted: 99.8 x 65.2 cm (39 5/16 x 25 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton Longhi in memory of Yabumoto Soshiro, 1992.140 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Duck in Flight” is a work by Shikibu Terutada (Japanese, active mid-1500s), dated mid-1500s. It is executed in fan painting mounted as hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper and classified as painting. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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