Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵
Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵
Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵

photo: Masatsugu Nokubo

Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵
Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵
Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵

Currently not on view

Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵,

undated

Anonymous
formerly attributed to Wang Ruoshui
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
y1946-169

Information

Title
Portrait of Wang Yuan 王淵
Dates

undated

Maker
Anonymous
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 142 x 72.5 cm. (55 7/8 x 28 9/16 in.) Mount: 255 x 82.3 cm. (100 3/8 x 32 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1946-169
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
unsigned
Marks/Labels/Seals
Ten characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll Ten characters in ink on label adhered to silk bag
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming
Type
paintings, hanging scrolls, scroll paintings, chinese painting styles
Subject
portraits, figures (representations), elderly, men

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1946 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

formerly attributed to Wang Ruoshui

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