Portrait Study of Seigen
1300s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Portrait Study of Seigen, 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; image: 25.5 x 40.9 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/8 in.); overall: 107.8 x 53.4 cm (42 7/16 x 21 in.); with knobs: 107.8 x 58.2 cm (42 7/16 x 22 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1982.55 The blotches on the monk's face may have been caused by smallpox.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.5 x 40.9 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/8 in.); Overall: 107.8 x 53.4 cm (42 7/16 x 21 in.); with knobs: 107.8 x 58.2 cm (42 7/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1982.55
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1982, Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art, Portraiture: The Image of the Individual, Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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