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Yang Guifei Leaving the Bath

Gu Jianlong

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a woman in a long red dress and a girl in a gray dress with blue trim. The woman has dark hair styled up, and the girl has dark hair styled down. The woman is standing, and the girl is kneeling. The woman is leaning down to accept a bowl from the girl. The background features a tiled floor with a blue and white pattern. There is a large framed painting on the wall to the right. The painting in the background appears to have a landscape with a mountain, trees, and flowers. To the left, there is another painting with a similar landscape. A red fabric hangs on the wall. A patterned border frames the main image. The title of the painting is "Yang Guifei Leaving the Bath" and the artist is Gu Jianlong.

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Dimensions:
419 × 900 px
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