Views of Nanjing for Zhou Lianggong

1660

Not on view

On loan to The Met

This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

When the scholar-official Zhou Lianggong was falsely imprisoned for bribery in Beijing in 1660, his friend Hu Yukun traveled north to visit him as he awaited judicial review. After returning home, Hu painted this intimate album of famous sites of Nanjing, the two men’s native city, in an effort to console Zhou with images of his beloved home. The next year, Zhou was released and returned home to Nanjing, where he resumed his position as the doyen of the city’s flourishing arts scene.

Artwork Details

清胡玉昆金陵勝景圖冊
Title: Views of Nanjing for Zhou Lianggong
Artist: Hu Yukun (Chinese, ca. 1607–after 1687)
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: 1660
Culture: China
Medium: Album of twelve paintings; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Promised Gift of Julia and John Curtis, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary
Object Number: L.2020.10.13a–l
Curatorial Department: Asian Art