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Scenes from the lives of famous men

Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)

17th century

Medium
Ink and color on silk
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
H x W (image): 26.1 x 446.5 cm (10 1/4 x 175 13/16 in)
Culture
Chinese
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
Credit line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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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