Figure of a warrior
Figure of a warrior
Figure of a warrior
Figure of a warrior
Figure of a warrior
Figure of a warrior

Currently not on view

Figure of a warrior,

17th century

Gu Jianlong 顧見龍, 1606–after 1684
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2020-680

Information

Title
Figure of a warrior
Dates

17th century

Maker
Gu Jianlong 顧見龍
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 38.3 × 18.5 cm (15 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.) Mount: 162.3 × 34 cm (63 7/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
Object Number
2020-680
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Upper left: After hermit Longmian, Gu Jianlong 倣龍眠居士筆顧見龍
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seal, sq.: Gu Jianlong yin 顧見龍印
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
silk (textile), ink, colorant
Subject
men, figures (representations), warriors

–2001 Far Eastern Seminar Collection, Marquand Library, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ), transfer to P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art (Princeton, NJ) in 2001.

2001–2021 P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ), transfer to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

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