File:Guo Xu album dated 1503 (6).jpg

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Artist
Guo Xu (1456–c.1529)
Description
This painting depicts an incident from early in the life of Han Xin. He was born into a poor family and often went hungry. Once, an old washer-woman by a river took pity on him and offered him food. Han Xin told her he would repay her when he had made his fortune, but she rebuffed him saying she had not given him the food in the expectation of any reward. Eventually, he would rise to become a powerful minister of the Han dynasty.
Date Dated 1503
Medium Album leaf; ink and colors on paper
Dimensions 29.8 × 49.3 cm
institution QS:P195,Q1051293
Place of creation China during the Ming dynasty
Notes

This is one of eleven paintings comprising an album.

References ‘An old lady feeds a hero’. Telling Images of China (2010 exhibit). Dublin: Chester Beatty Library.
Source/Photographer ‘An old lady feeds a hero’. Telling Images of China (2010 exhibit). Dublin: Chester Beatty Library.
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