Landscape after Chao Meng-fu
Artist:
Lan Ying
(Chinese, 1585 - ca. 1669)
Place made:China
General region:Asia
Culture: Chinese
Period: Ming dynasty
Dynasty: Ming
Date: 1622
Medium: Silk with color and ink
Dimensions:
h. 51 3/16 in. (130 cm); w. 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds from the Lenora and Walter F. Brown Acquisition Endowment
Object number: 88.14
Inscribed: "During the Lesser Spring (the 10th month) of the second year of the Tianqi reign era (between November 3rd and December 2nd of the year 1622), done after the model of Chao Ch'eng-chih (Zhao Mengfu) by Lan Ying of Qiantang."
Provenance: Sold by Howard Rogers
Label Text
This painting features two scholars sitting across a creek engaged in conversation. The foreground is dominated by a pine tree, which stays green during harsh winters, a virtue admired by Confucian scholars. The meandering creek leads the viewer’s eye upward into distance. A towering cliff dwarfs the two scholars below and creates a sense of harmony between nature and men.
Lan Yin was a professional artist who lived and worked and in Hangzhou in southeast China, an important metropolitan and artistic center since the twelfth century. The artist’s inscription dated to 1622 acknowledges that this work was inspired by the style of Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), an important artist of the preceding Yuan dynasty (1271–1638).
Lan Yin was a professional artist who lived and worked and in Hangzhou in southeast China, an important metropolitan and artistic center since the twelfth century. The artist’s inscription dated to 1622 acknowledges that this work was inspired by the style of Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), an important artist of the preceding Yuan dynasty (1271–1638).
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