Unidentified Artist Chinese, active 11th century, Portrait of Bi Shichang, from the set Five Old Men of Suiyang, 北宋 佚名 睢陽五老，畢世長像 冊頁, before 1056, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127). Album leaf; ink and color on silk. Image: 15 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (40 x 32.1 cm). Rogers Fund, 1917. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.170.1 © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

This portrait is one of a set that commemorates a gathering of five retired gentlemen at Suiyang, Henan Province. The sensitive delineation of features in contrast to the thick shaded brush lines of the garment reflects Tang dynasty conventions of official portraiture and a conservatism appropriate to the subject. Equally formal is the inscription written in regular script-a style also used for steles and official documents.

Two portraits from this set of five are at the Freer Gallery, Washington, D.C., and two are in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. 

This work is exhibited in the "Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the Metropolitan Collection" exhibition, on view through October 11th, 2016.