Standing figure of Lü Dongbin
date: label: Date
content: 1368-1644
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
notes: label: Label
content: Lu Dongbing was a late Tang (618–907) scholar who twice failed his examinations for a first-rank degree (jinshi) and then converted to Daoism. Most of Lu’s portraits depict him with a sword, which he used to defend the righteous. Daoism enjoyed great popularity in the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368); it was then that Lu that gained wide favor as an immortal and was chosen as the titular deity of the Quanzhen sect of Northern Daoiam. The present image of Lu, however, emphasizes his genteel identity as a scholar and a poet.
label: Provenance
content: To 1916
label: Provenance
content: Lai-Yuan and Company, New York to 1916 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1916 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 1017, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Daoism in the Arts in China (December 16, 2006 to July 1, 2007)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: portrait
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: Lu Dongbin
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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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 Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1916.580
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): 162 x 85.4 cm (63 3/4 x 33 5/8 in)