. English: This painting is one of a series (now housed in the Palace Museum of Beijing) which portrays the career of the Ming-dynasty era Chinese official Xu Xianqing (徐顯卿). Xu was a native of Yixing (宜興 ; west of Lake Tai 太湖). He received his jinshi (進士) degree in 1568 and eventually became Vice-Minister of Personnel. His year of birth is unknown, although it is known that he died in 1602. 16th or early 17th century, late Ming Dynasty. Unknown Ming-era artist 570 Xu Xianqing's career8

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Size: 2244px × 2227px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., /., 16th, 17th, century, dynasty., early, late, mi, ming, unknown