Painted at the end of Luo Ping's first Beijing sojourn, this depiction of a gathering beneath a lantern to celebrate the first full moon of the year commemorates a moment of social interaction between the artist and his patron-friends. The "Bamboo Garden" mentioned in Luo's inscription may refer to the famous Yangzhou property he had visited with his mentor, Jin Nong (1687–1763). The scene represents a nostalgic evocation of the southern metropolis—a vision his Beijing patrons would have found appealing.
The clearly articulated composition and painterly effects, indicative of Luo's gradual departure from Jin Nong's artistic legacy, are characteristic of his mid-career.
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清 羅聘 篠園飲酒圖 軸
Title:Drinking in the Bamboo Garden on the Lantern Festival
Artist:Luo Ping (Chinese, 1733–1799)
Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date:1773
Culture:China
Medium:Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions:Image: 31 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (80 x 54.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 116 x 27 7/16 in. (294.6 x 69.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 116 x 32 5/8 in. (294.6 x 82.9 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Object Number:13.220.34
Inscription: Artist’s inscription and signature (2 columns in semi-cursive script)
While drinking in the Xiaoyuan Garden on the Shangyuan Festival (fifteenth of the first lunar month) of the guisi year (1773), Liangfeng, Luo Pin, painted this.
[ John C. Ferguson American, until 1913; sold to MMA]
New York. China House Gallery. "Gardens in Chinese Art," March 21, 1968–May 26, 1968.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Peach Blossom Spring," November 21, 1983–June 3, 1984.
Phoenix Art Museum. "The Elegant Brush: Chinese Painting under the Qianlong Emperors (1735–95)," August 27, 1985–October 1985.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Elegant Brush: Chinese Painting under the Qianlong Emperors (1735–95)," May 10–August 3, 1986.
Hong Kong Museum of Art. "The Elegant Brush: Chinese Painting under the Qianlong Emperors (1735–95)," October 17–November 30, 1986.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733–1799)," October 6, 2009–January 10, 2010.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China," August 26, 2017–January 6, 2019.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art," July 31, 2021–August 14, 2022.
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Toda Teisuke 戶田禎佑, and Ogawa Hiromitsu 小川祐充, eds. Chûgoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikan, Amerika-Kanada Hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: vol.1: American and Canadian Collections) 中國繪畫總合圖錄: 第一卷 アメリカ - カナダ 編. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1998, p. 62, cat. no. A1-261.
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