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Jinshan and the Yangzi River

1664
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
This monumental painting presents a bird’s-eye view of Jinshan, an island near Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, in the lower reaches of the Yangzi River. The artist presents the complexly layered architecture of the Buddhist monastery—crowned at the top by a multistoried pagoda and occupying much of the small island—in intricate detail, but the true subject of the painting is mighty Yangzi, which flows eastward into the mist in the upper register.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 清 王崇節 江天樓閣圖 軸
  • Title: Jinshan and the Yangzi River
  • Artist: Wang Chongjie, Chinese (active ca. 1636–after 1667)
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: 1664
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions: Image: 76 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (194.3 × 100.3 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 8 ft. 8 in. × 43 in. (264.2 × 109.2 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 8 ft. 8 in. × 47 1/2 in. (264.2 × 120.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Lent by a private collection
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art