Hermit
| Accession Nr.: | 2769 |
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| Type: | painting |
| Artist/Maker: | |
| Date of production: |
First half of the 18th century
Qing dynasty |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | bequest of Zoltán Felvinczi Takács |
| Signed: | Signed as Qipei in the upper right corner |
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| Materials: | paper; wooden frame |
| Techniques: | ink |
| Dimensions: | width: 72.5 cm length: 135 cm |
Gao Qipei spent his youth in Jianchang, the southeast region of Jiangxi province. In his picture entitled The Hermit, he depicts the figure with bent back and curly, bushy hair. The painting in possession of the Hopp Museum is an authentic copy of the original. The artist might be one of Gao Qipei’s close disciples.
Five seals. Two readable seals after the inscription: Li Jietong, Tieqiao.
Five seals. Two readable seals after the inscription: Li Jietong, Tieqiao.