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Acties Weergave	Details Verwijder uit selectie Voeg toe aan selectie CollectieStraits Chinese Collection ObjectnummerB2012-0003-003-0 TitelPortrait of Tan Beng Swee VervaardigerArtist unknown Beschrijving“[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). Vervaardiging plaatsProbably Singapore Vervaardiging periodeUndated ObjectcategoriePortrait MateriaalWatercolour on paper Formaat H: 59 cm L: 42.5 cm H: 92.5 cm L: 63 cm W: 22 cm Credit lineGift of Melvin Tan Bee Hong

ObjectnummerB2012-0003-003-0

TitelPortrait of Tan Beng Swee

Beschrijving“[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).

Vervaardiging plaatsProbably Singapore

Vervaardiging periodeUndated

ObjectcategoriePortrait

MateriaalWatercolour on paper

Formaat

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

Credit lineGift of Melvin Tan Bee Hong

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