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The Moon Goddess Chang E

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The Moon Goddess Chang E

Tang Yin | Unidentified artist

Date unknown

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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Dimensions

Image: 53 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (136.2 x 58.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 109 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (277.5 x 76.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 109 1/4 x 34 in. (277.5 x 86.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1981

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

China

Period

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Rights

Public Domain

About Tang Yin

1470–1524 • Ming dynasty

Talented painter whose career as an official painter was ruined by an examination scandal in 1499. Around 1500 he began to study painting with Zhou chen. He was ultimately considered one of the Four Masters of the Ming, along with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying.

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