Title

The Eight Immortals, 1813. Creator: Zhu Wenxin.

Caption

The Eight Immortals, 1813. Zhu Wenxin has painted the standard group of eight immortals, all of them people who have lived in historical times and have acquired magical powers. Clockwise from the top, they are Lan Caihe, with a flower basket; Cao Guojiu, with castanets; Han Xiangai, with a flute; He Xian'gu, a woman who lived on mother-of-pearl powder and moonbeams; Li Tieguai, with an iron crutch; Zhongli Quan, with a scepter; Lü Dungbin, with a pill and sword; and, finally, in the center, Zhang Guolao, who holds a bamboo tube.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B22_216

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,9Mb (2,1Mb) / 14,5in x 16,5in / 4362 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait standing women woman people group man men Asian Asia religious arts painting country religion China art Chinese guy continent museum color location century sepia dynasty concept qing dynasty gathered Colour 19th century Daoism nineteenth century Taoism 1810s Daoist Lan Caihe Taoist ink silk Eight Immortals Quing Dynasty Li Tieguai Walters Art Museum Ink on silk Zhang Guolao Heritage Art Cao Guojiu He Xiangu 19th-century ink and traces of color on silk Han Xiangai Lu Dungbin Zhu Wenxin Wenxin Zhu