Song Taizu (cropped) - Song Dynasty

This depicts Song Taizu (personal name Zhao Kuangyin, 927-976; reigned 960-976), the first emperor of the Song dynasty.

This painting has neither the painter's seal nor signature. However, a small label had been attached to a blank area at the arm rest with the three characters "Song Taizu" (宋太祖). It probably was added when the scroll was remounted in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).