• 4 years ago
"How does a woman represent herself?" Joseph Scheier-Dolberg on Cao Zhenxiu and Gai Qi's Famous Women album

Poems: Cao Zenziu (Chinese, 1762–ca. 1822), Paintings: Gai Qi (Chinese, 1773–1911). 清 改琦, 曹貞秀 列女圖 冊 (Famous Women), 1799. China. Album of 16 painted leaves with facing inscriptions, ink on paper, 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. (24.8 x 16.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Bequests of Edna H. Sachs and Flora E. Whiting, by exchange; Fletcher Fund, by exchange; Gifts of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham and Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim, by exchange; and funds from various donors, by exchange, 2016 (2016.362.a–t)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/733847

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art recently acquired by the Met through gifts and purchases. Discover a new work each month.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metcollects/famous-women

Production Credits:
Director and Producer: Sarah Cowan
Editor: Bryan Martin
Camera: Stephanie Wuertz, Dia Felix
Lighting: Dia Felix
Music: Austin Fisher

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