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Portrait of the artist’s great-granduncle Yizhai at the age of eighty-five

Ruan Zude

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a seated man wearing a blue robe and a black hat. The man has a white goatee and mustache. He sits on a red chair with a curved back and armrests, wearing a long blue robe with wide sleeves and a belt around his waist. The robe has a subtle pattern of vertical stripes on the lower half. His legs are covered by the robe, and he wears red shoes. The background of the image is a solid brown color, with a beige border around the edges. There are some Chinese characters written vertically on the left side of the image. The overall style of the image suggests it is a traditional Chinese painting.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1561 or 1621
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Culture
China
Dimensions
399 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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