Landscape after Tang Di
Nestled in a solitary grove, a man sits in a thatched hut before a sculpted Buddhist icon. Open in his hands is a book, likely a Buddhist scripture, which he reads to the sound of rushing water from the nearby cascade. This image, rendered in finely modulated tones of ink, is by the Nanjing native Sheng Dan. Zhou Lianggong wrote that “the lonely and desolate air of his painting conveys the sensibility of a retired scholar.”
Artwork Details
- 明 盛丹 擬唐棣山水圖 軸
- Title: Landscape after Tang Di
- Artist: Sheng Dan (Chinese, active 17th century)
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: 1638
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 9 7/8 × 14 1/16 in. (25.1 × 35.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 69 × 21 1/4 in. (175.3 × 54 cm)
Overall with knobs: 69 × 24 7/8 in. (175.3 × 63.2 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Promised Gift of Julia and John Curtis
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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