Spider and Web, early 19th century, Maruyama Ōshin, Japanese, 1790 - 1838, 40 7/16 × 12 5/16 in. ( × cm) (image), Ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, A spider, suspended by a nearly invisible thread, makes a cautious descent from its web. Maruyama Ōshin’s painting, an exercise in precision and understatement, is as finely wrought as the creature’s creation itself. Ōshin was the adopted grandson and pupil of Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 (1733–1795), who pioneered a style of naturalism influenced by Chinese and Western painting. He was a skilled colorist

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