AT-00016398
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Courtesan Reading a Letter
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711–1785)
- Date
- mid-18th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 32 7/8 × 8 9/16 in. (83.5 × 21.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 67 1/2 × 12 11/16 in. (171.5 × 32.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 67 1/2 × 14 5/16 in. (171.5 × 36.4 cm)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
- Accession no.
- 2015.300.134
Provenance
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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