Allaying the Summer Heat under Wutong Trees, after Shen Zhou, Leaf from the Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual, part 1, vol. 5
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual was named after a Nanjing estate of the renowned playwright and novelist Li Yu (1611–1680), whose son-in-law commissioned Wang Gai (1645–1710) to compile the book. Part 1, devoted to landscape painting, was published in 1679. Compared with the earlier manual of the same nature, the Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting, it takes a more art-historical and didactic approach. This print, taken from a later edition of part 1, was made by using two or three blocks with varying shades of black ink to reproduce a painting by Shen Zhou (1427–1509), a leading artist of the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644) active in Suzhou.
Artwork Details
- 清 沈石田碧梧清暑 芥子園畫傳 木版畫
- Title: Allaying the Summer Heat under Wutong Trees, after Shen Zhou, Leaf from the Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual, part 1, vol. 5
- Artist: Wang Gai (Chinese, 1645–1710)
- Artist: After Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: ca. 1800
- Culture: China
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (22.5 x 14 cm)
Overall: 21 15/16 x 15 15/16 in. (55.7 x 40.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line:
On loan from the British Museum- Donated by K. K. Chow
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art