Woman from Fengyang
1800
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1800
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Woman from Fengyang is a 1800 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows a woman holding a flute, with a small strip of paper attached to it. This woman is depicted in traditional Chinese clothing, which was a subject of fascination for Europeans at the time. The details in her costume and the story behind the painting make it interesting. You can learn more about this type of artwork at the museum: Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts a woman from Fengyang holding a flute, dressed in a blue robe secured with a red cord and carrying a bamboo pole. Part of a series illustrating early 19th-century Chinese costumes, it was produced in Canton (Guangzhou) for European souvenir markets. A small paper strip attached to the work bears the inscription "a native of Fong-yong who resorts to begging alms," with an English spelling error suggesting the writer had limited proficiency in the language. Acquired in 1886 from Messrs. Dulan & Co., it is one of twenty-two works showing paired male and female figures in…
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