The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Portrait of an Old Lady

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Program information

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Portrait of an Old Lady

Ruan Zude (Chinese, 16th or early 17th century)

Period:: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Date:: dated "xinyou" (1561 or 1621?)
Culture:: China
Medium:: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions:: Image: 61 3/4 x 37 7/8 in. (156.8 x 96.2 cm)
Classification:: Paintings
Credit Line:: Seymour Fund, 1959
Accession Number:: 59.49.2

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