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Ancestor Group Portrait
1796–1820
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 278.2 x 112.2 cm (109 1/2 x 44 3/16 in.); Painting only: 157.2 x 90.2 cm (61 7/8 x 35 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiaqing period (1796-1820)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Joyce G. Ames in honor of her husband B. Charles Ames
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
From top to bottom this scroll features various generations of ancestors with men on the right and women on the left, 30 figures altogether. Inscribed tablets give their rank and relation within the family. Square badges on their robes indicate each figure's rank as an official. Scrolls of this type were displayed for worship at home during the New Year celebrations.
