Girl Arranging Flowers

Colors in this work

Artist: Gai Qi
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 40 7/8 x 13 1/8 in. (103.8 x 33.3 cm)
Origin: China
Department: Asian Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Flax Ground · Yellow family · #CAB080 · 50%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E5DDC6 · 36%

Press Black · Black family · #151310 · 5%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A08C63 · 4%

Press Black · Black family · #120F11 · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #7C6D50 · 1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D7D1BA · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #DACAA8 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C89B5F · <1%

Press Black · Black family · #1B1617 · <1%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #B7B694 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CF8F6B · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #584A26 · <1%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #D19258 · <1%

Antique Rose Dust · Pink family · #AF8079 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #333634 · <1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #605257 · <1%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #6D8072 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986

10 tags

Childhood Both · 84%

The title identifies a girl arranging flowers, the catalog subject is Girls, and the image shows a youthful standing female figure with a second figure seated nearby.
Flora Visual · 96%

A flowering branch rises above the standing figure, with additional grasses and vegetation distributed across the rocky setting.
Figures in Nature Visual · 96%

The two figures are situated among rocks, grasses, and an open natural setting rather than inside an architectural interior.

Calligraphic Visual · 98%

The vertical inscription at the right is rendered in expressive Chinese brush script, accompanied by several red seals.
Earth Tones Visual · 92%

The image uses subdued tan, gray, ocher, muted green, and coral passages rather than a highly saturated palette.
Sparse Both · 98%

The figures and rocky landscape occupy a relatively small area within a large field of lightly painted or unpainted silk, producing a notably open composition.
Asymmetrical Visual · 94%

The painted forms are concentrated in the lower and central-left areas, while the inscription creates a strong vertical element on the right, resulting in an uneven distribution of visual weight.

Hanging Scroll Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a hanging scroll and records its medium as ink and color on silk.
Painting Both · 99%

The work is cataloged as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted scene rendered with ink outlines and colored washes.

Chinese Art Metadata · 99%

The museum identifies the artist as Chinese and the place of origin as China.

Gai Qi. Girl Arranging Flowers. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.