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龍図
Dragon
龍図
Maruyama Ôkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)
Japanese
Edo period
dated 1777 (An'ei 6)
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 134.7 x 89.4 cm (53 1/16 x 35 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8498
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 153
Signed
安永丁酉初秋写／應擧
Marks
応挙之印 （白文方印） 仲選 （白文方印）
Inscriptions蓋表「龍虎図 應舉画」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.