Portrait of Du Yan, from the set Five Old Men of Suiyang

before 1056

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium: Album leaf, ink and color on silk
Dimensions: without mounting: 15 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (40.3 × 31.4 cm)
with mounting: 24 × 18 7/8 in. (61 × 47.9 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1953.27.12
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Song dynasty (960–1279)
Classification: Paintings
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, to 1953; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

David Ake Sensabaugh, The Scholar as Collector: Chinese Art at Yale, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2004), 24–25, 44, no. 39, fig. 17

Elise K. Kenney, ed., Handbook of the Collections: Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 296, ill.

Mimi Gardner Gates, The Communion of Scholars: Chinese Art at Yale, exh. cat. (New York: China House Gallery, 1982), 98–100, no. 44, ill.

George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 45, no. 69, ill.

Louise Wallace Hackney and Chang-foo Yau, A Study of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of Ada Small Moore (London: Oxford University Press, 1940), 65, no. 17, fig. 18

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), portraits

Inscriptions

Trans. C.F. Yau "Du Yan, retired, Duke of Qi, Eighty." (Title bestowed upon retirement from office of Prime Minister during the Qingli reign period.)\r\n\r\nRetired (zhishi), Duke of Qi (Qiguo gong), Du Yan, eighty (bashi).

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