This depicts Song Taizu (personal name Zhao Kuangyin, 927-976; reigned 960-976), the first emperor of the Song dynasty.
This painting has neither the painter's seal nor signature. However, a small label had been attached to a blank area at the arm rest with the three characters "Song Taizu" (宋太祖). It probably was added when the scroll was remounted in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
Date
Song dynasty (960-1279)
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk
Dimensions
191 x 169 cm
Collection
National Palace Museum, Taipei
Accession number
中-畫-000302-00000
Place of creation
China during the Song dynasty
Notes
The painting is among those recorded in Wang Yun's (王恽) "Catalog of Painting and Calligraphy" (书画目录) written during the Yuan dynasty. (See: Page 90 of 故宮圖像選萃 (Gu gong tu xiang xuan cui) Masterpieces of Chinese Portrait Painting in the National Palace Museum. Taipei: National Palace Museum. 1971.)
References
Descriptions of the Works. Another Look at National Treasures: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum. 展件介紹. 國寶再現-書畫菁華特展 (展覽). 臺北: 國立故宮博物院.
Source/Photographer
Descriptions of the Works. Another Look at National Treasures: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.
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