1968.28: Portrait of Wang Yangming (1472-1528)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1968.28

People

Previously attributed to Chen Hongshou 陳洪綬, Chinese (1599 - 1652)

Title

Portrait of Wang Yangming (1472-1528)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, hanging scroll

Date

possibly 18th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/202380

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 73.6 × W. 39.3 cm (29 × 15 1/2 in.)
overall mounting including roller ends and suspension cord: H. 196.2 × W. 65.4 cm (77 1/4 × 25 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: six seals; inscription; colophon dated to 1766

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Ex-Collection: Senator Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

A 10-021 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Paul Bernat Fund

Accession Year

1968

Object Number

1968.28

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Suzuki Kei, Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku, Amerika Kanada hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections), University of Tokyo Press (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), pp. I-55 and I-432, no. A 10-021
• Yuri Pines, The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire, Open University of Israel (2023), p. 437, ill.

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