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Letter to the artist’s father-in-law, Wu Yu by Wen Zhengming — VisualArtsDB

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Letter to the artist’s father-in-law, Wu Yu

Letter to the artist’s father-in-law, Wu Yu

Letter to the artist’s father-in-law, Wu Yu

1506–1510

Medium: Album leaf; ink on patterned paper
Dimensions: 9 x 12 1/8 in. (22.9 x 30.8 cm)
Genre: Calligraphy
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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