A Beauty
early 1800s
Gion Seitoku
Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s)
Japanese Art
A Beauty, early 1800s. Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 139.7 x 55.8 cm (55 x 21 15/16 in.); painting only: 56.3 x 43.1 cm (22 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.271 The person's lipstick is made from safflower.
- Maker/Artist
- Gion Seitoku
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 139.7 x 55.8 cm (55 x 21 15/16 in.); Painting only: 56.3 x 43.1 cm (22 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 東山画奴井特寫 「字日伯立」白文方印・「せいとく」朱文千鳥印 Translation: Artist's signature and two seals at right side: Painted by Seitoku, painter of Higashiyama. [seals] styled Hakuritsu and Seitoku.
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.271
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235, <em>Ukiyo-e: Floating World</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1973)., <em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 12, 2004–April 10, 2005).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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