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Courtesan with a Kitten

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信

early 18th century

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions

Image: 13 1/8 × 20 3/4 in. (33.4 × 52.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 52 1/4 × 26 3/8 in. (132.7 × 67 cm) Overall with knobs: 52 1/4 × 28 1/2 in. (132.7 × 72.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Sue Cassidy Clark, in honor of Barbara Brennan Ford, 2020

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868), probably Kyōhō era (1716–36)

Rights

Public Domain

About Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信

1671 –1750 • Japanese

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