Landscape with towers and pavilions
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Su Renshan was a child prodigy from Guangdong Province in China’s deep south. This fantastic landscape, painted when the artist was just fifteen years old, reveals the strength of his imagination and the talent of his brush. Su’s humble signature occupies a single column along the upper left edge, while his father, bursting with pride at his son’s accomplishment, takes up much of the empty space at the top of the painting with his inscription.
Artwork Details
- 清 蘇仁山 深山樓臺圖 軸
- Title: Landscape with towers and pavilions
- Artist: Su Renshan (Chinese, 1814–1849)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 1829
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 83 3/4 × 36 3/8 in. (212.7 × 92.4 cm)
Overall with mounting: 10 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 44 3/4 in. (321.3 × 113.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 10 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 49 in. (321.3 × 124.5 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by Oscar Tang and Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art