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Collection Online as of December 17, 2025

Portrait of an Official

1600s–1700s

China, Ming dynasty

(1368-1644) - Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Painting only: 150.4 x 94.6 cm (59 3/16 x 37 1/4 in.); Including mounting: 233.7 x 123.5 cm (92 x 48 5/8 in.)
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1982.35
Location: Not on view

Description

This official's portrait was done in the portrait painting style of the Ming dynasty.
  • ?–1982
    (Bunzo Nakanishi, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1982–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Mentioned: no. 125, p. 55; Reproduced: p. 41 www.jstor.org
  • Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
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