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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	[es-ES]Details[es-ES] Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionStraits Chinese Collection Número del objetoB2012-0003-003-0 TítuloPortrait of Tan Beng Swee CreadorArtist unknown Descripción“[This] portrait of Tan Beng Swee (1828–1884)[B2012-0003-003-0]… lacks an artist’s signature but is highly likely to be a work by Ong Qwee Hong. It is also plausible that a portrait (now lost) of his brother Tan Beng Gum (1832–1893) …and [a] watercolour portrait of Tan Kim Seng …are by this same artist. These two portraits, together with that of Chee Kiat Bong [B2014-0001-002-0], have in common the upholstered armchair with the tassel fringe on its arms. The portraits of Tan Kim Seng, Tan Beng Swee, Chee Kiat Bong …all have in common very similarly rendered footstools.” (Inherited & Salvaged, Family Portraits from the NUS Museum Straits Chinese Collection, Page 48). Lugar de producciónProbably Singapore Periodo de producciónUndated Nombre del objetoPortrait MaterialWatercolour on paper Dimensiones H: 59 cm L: 42.5 cm H: 92.5 cm L: 63 cm W: 22 cm Línea de créditoGift of Melvin Tan Bee Hong

Número del objetoB2012-0003-003-0

TítuloPortrait of Tan Beng Swee

Descripción“[This] portrait of Tan Beng Swee (1828–1884)[B2012-0003-003-0]… lacks an artist’s signature but is highly likely to be a work by Ong Qwee Hong. It is also plausible that a portrait (now lost) of his brother Tan Beng Gum (1832–1893) …and [a] watercolour portrait of Tan Kim Seng …are by this same artist. These two portraits, together with that of Chee Kiat Bong [B2014-0001-002-0], have in common the upholstered armchair with the tassel fringe on its arms. The portraits of Tan Kim Seng, Tan Beng Swee, Chee Kiat Bong …all have in common very similarly rendered footstools.” (Inherited & Salvaged, Family Portraits from the NUS Museum Straits Chinese Collection, Page 48).

Lugar de producciónProbably Singapore

Periodo de producciónUndated

Nombre del objetoPortrait

MaterialWatercolour on paper

Dimensiones

H: 59 cm
L: 42.5 cm
H: 92.5 cm
L: 63 cm
W: 22 cm

Línea de créditoGift of Melvin Tan Bee Hong