Bringing a Lute to Visit a Friend
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Formerly attributed to He Zhen (active early 12th century)
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1968
label: Provenance
content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1968
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, dated July 24, 1967, where the painting is listed as no. 2 in the document’s Annex, copy in object file.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Deed of Gift, cited in note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Landscape Painting (November 15, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: landscape
label: Topic
content: winter
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: lute
label: Topic
content: pavilion
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: blue-and-green style
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: equestrian
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1968.17
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 146.8 x 85.2 cm (57 13/16 x 33 9/16 in)