Daoist priest with a boy attendant
Unidentified artist 佚名
(Chinese, active 16th century)
16th century
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on silk 絹本設色
Dimensions.990 x .479
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6148
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
17th century
before 1644
1368–1664
14th century
17th century
early 17th century
before 1644
17th century
Recto early 16th century; verso about 1420–40; mounted in album about 1544–45
before 1741