Landscape, 1663
Jin Lianexpand_more
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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2008.26.1
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Ch'in Lien is recorded as a landscape and figure painter who "captured the appearance and bearing" of the Yuan (1280-1368) masters. He lived in Nanking, during the K'ang-hsi period (1662-1723) and was a pupil of Fan I. This large scale hanging scroll would have served as a chang-t'ang, the primary painting displayed in a reception hall where it was usually centered above the main altar table. The work depicts a visiting literatus on his mule with attendants following him. He is paused before a wooden bridge overlooking a rushing stream as he approaches a rural retreat hidden in swirling mists and damp trees. Huge mountains swathed in clouds tower formlessly above the scene. The generic subject of pleasant towering landscapes was a common theme in chang-t'ang paintings. They evoked a sense of universal harmony.
The scroll is signed "imitating the painting style of Kao Fang-Shan (Kao K'o-Kung 1248-1310 the expressionistic Yuan dynasty master), dated to the summer month of the Kuen-mao cyclical year (1663): Shih-yu, Chin Lieu. With two seals of the painter, Chin Yin and Wen-Shui.
Details
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist Life
- active 1650 - 1700
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2008.26.1
- Curator Approved
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