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Female Ancestor Portrait
Female Ancestor Portrait
Female Ancestor Portrait

Female Ancestor Portrait

Mediumpainted silk
Dimensions57 × 32 1/4 × 3/4 in. (144.8 × 81.9 × 1.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Neil and Virginia Goeppinger in memory of Margaret Woods Goeppinger, Class of 1935. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM2018.206
Status
Not on view
Collections
CultureChinese
Label TextChinese commemorative portraits, commonly referred to as "ancestor paintings," were painted specifically for use in ancestor worship; the power of the living person was believed to reside in their portrait after death.
Locations
  • (not entered)  Iowa State University, Brunnier Art Museum
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