This painting shows a waterfront viewed from high above. In the background, light blue hills obscure the horizon line. In front of these hills, a stone bridge arches across the water, connecting two sides of a river. Another bridge crosses the river on the right side of the painting. At the bottom of the painting, an ornate procession with lanterns and banners in the shape of large fish takes place close by. Both adults and children are involved in the procession, and the line of people snakes back across the bridge at the right, across the stone bridge, and into the distant hills. On the…
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Procession by a Lake

Chinese Qing Dynasty

19th century

Medium
oil on fabric
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 76.2 x 111.8 cm (30 x 44 in.) ; framed: 92.7 x 128.3 x 5.1 cm (36 1/2 x 50 1/2 x 2 in.)
Culture
Chinese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Dr. Catherine Lilly Bacon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, 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

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