Procession by a lake

Unknown (Chinese)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1800-1899
Height:
76.0 cm  (29 15/16 in.)
Width:
111.7 cm  (44 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on fabric

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Gift of Dr. Catherine Lilly Bacon[Museum inv. no.: 1969.12.2]

Description

Four groups of musicians in a long procession: (1) three men blowing long, hook-shaped trumpets, and a man blowing a shell horn; (2) three men beating three large side drums, each carried by two men; (3) three men beating three large gongs, each carried by two men; and (4) three men playing pairs of cymbals

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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

169