A Provincial military commander
1800
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1800
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Provincial military commander is a 1800 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man in a blue robe and fur jacket. He's holding a bow and arrows. He looks like a military officer. This painting is one of many that show what Chinese people wore back then. People in Europe liked these pictures because they were different from what they saw at home. To learn more about this style, look at the technique of chiaroscuro.
A rectangular painting depicts a provincial military commander dressed in a blue robe beneath a beige jacket, holding a bow and arrows, one of twenty-four costume subjects. The work reflects early 19th-century Chinese attire and was produced in a series intended for European souvenir markets.
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