Painting of the Dowager Empress Cixi (Tzu Hsi), Empress Dowager Cixi, 1906

Oil painting of the dowager empress cixi of the qing dynasty siting on an armchair, by dutch painter hubert vos. On the backdrop, painted to depict a bamboo forest, there is an inscription written from right to left in traditional chinese 《大清國慈禧皇太后》 (simplified: 《大清国慈禧皇太后》), meaning "great qing empire cixi empress". Bowls of fruit surround the sitter, as for any highest-rank personage in imperial china. Object Type: painting. Date: 1906. Dimensions: height: 237 cm (93.3 in); width: 137 cm (53.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Empress Dowager Cixi. Collection: The Palace Museum. Hubert Vos's painting of the Dowager Empress Cixi (Tzu Hsi)