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Calligraphy Acompanying Xugu's Painting for Liu Songfu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1897. Album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper.
Album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper · Each leaf: 30.5 × 36.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Calligraphy Acompanying Xugu's Painting for Liu Songfu
- Artist
- Chen Xiuyu 陳脩榆 (Chinese, 1858–1942)
- Date
- Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1897
- Medium
- Album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- Each leaf: 30.5 × 36.3 cm (12 × 14 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1858–1942
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.