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| Keywords: The Portrait of Koxinga.jpg object history Cheng Chang Koxinga's cousin brought this painting to Hou-shan-p'o in Taipei after Cheng K'o-shuang 1670-1717; Koxinga's grandson surrendered to the Qing dynasty In 1911 the painting was passed down to Cheng Wei-lung Cheng Chang's fifth-generation descendant while Taiwan was under Japanese rule Governor-General Sakuma suggested that the painting be sent to the then Taiwan Shinto Shrine later changed to the Koxinga Shrine In 1945 after the restoration of Taiwan to Chinese rule the painting was transferred to the Taiwan Provincial Museum which is now the National Taiwan Museum The painting was in a severe state of deterioration Thus from 2004 the National Taiwan Museum requested from the Preparatory Office of the National Center for the Research and Preservation of Cultural Properties to investigate and analyze the painting In the end the painting was handed over to the Mounting Room of the National Palace Museum for conservation with the restoration being completed in December 2008 Afterwards it was displayed in the National Palace Museum from January to March 2009 before its return to the National Taiwan Museum This file depicts the painting in its restored condition during its time at the National Palace Museum exhibition history credit line The painting is thought to be made when Koxinga 1624-1662 was alive in Tainan thus making it likely the earliest extant painting of the man himself accession number AH001613 place of creation http //www npm gov tw/exh98/rebirth9801/index3_en html Selections The Rebirth of a Painting Restoring The Portrait of Koxinga exhibit Taipei National Palace Museum <gallery> File 鄭成功畫像 jpg Same original painting File Koxinga1 jpg Copy made by Nasu Hokei in 1911 </gallery> Custom license marker 2014 08 18 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Koxinga Collections of the National Taiwan Museum | ||||
