Priest or Zen Shu
1868
Medium
albumen print with applied color
Dimensions
image (oval): 24 × 17.5 cm (9 7/16 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 28.6 × 22.8 cm (11 1/4 × 9 in.) mount: 49.8 × 34.8 cm (19 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson
Accession Number
2012.137.86
About the Artist
Felice Beato
Felice Beato (c. 1832–1909), an Italian-born photographer who became a British subject through his family's residence on the British protectorate island of Corfu, emerged as one of the pioneering figures in war and travel photography. Born in Venice or Corfu to a Venetian noble family with roots in Corfu, Beato's early life remains somewhat obscure, but he acquired his first photographic lens in P...