明 陳子和 古木酒仙圖 軸, Drunken Immortal beneath an old tree, Chen Zihe, early 16th century

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明 陳子和 古木酒仙圖 軸, Drunken Immortal beneath an old tree, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), early 16th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 69 in. × 40 1/4 in. ( × cm), Paintings, Chen Zihe (Chinese, active early 16th century), By the end of the fifteenth century the court had ceased to be the principal patron of the arts, so professional painters turned to private sponsors and to the marketplace as outlets for their work, adopting a bravura style of execution that transformed painting into a kind of performance art

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