Portrait of Yuan artist Ni Zan
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.From the twelfth century onward, scholar-officials and literati treasured bronzes of antiquity and were drawn to decorative arts that resembled such objects. Ni Zan, a renowned painter and literatus, is here portrayed in a typical scholar’s studio. He leans against an armrest with a brush and paper in his hands. Next to the couch, an exquisite table displays two bronzes, a tripod cauldron and a beaker, which have been appropriated as furnishings and expressions of literati taste.
Artwork Details
- 明 仇英 倪瓚像卷
- Title: Portrait of Yuan artist Ni Zan
- Artist: Qiu Ying (Chinese, ca. 1495–1552)
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: ca. 1542
- Culture: China
- Medium: Handscroll; ink and colors on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 12 3/8 × 18 7/8 in. (31.5 × 47.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lend by Shanghai Museum
- Rights and Reproduction: Photograph courtesy of Shanghai Museum
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art