Landscape with figure
Nothing is known of Chen Jichun, who painted this fan in the waning years of the Ming dynasty. A red-robed scholar sits in a humble thatched pavilion beneath towering pines, frequently used symbols of virtuous character. The ropy, layered brushstrokes used to texture the rock and mountain surfaces call to mind the fourteenth-century painter Wang Meng.
Artwork Details
- 明 陳季淳 山水人物圖 扇頁
- Title: Landscape with figure
- Artist: Chen Jichun (Chinese, active mid-17th century)
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: 1635
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper
- Dimensions: 7 3/8 × 21 3/4 in. (18.7 × 55.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
- Object Number: 13.100.75
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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