Landscape in the manner of Dong Yuan
This evocative vignette is signed by a certain Lu Kezheng, an obscure artist who has gone unrecorded in histories of Chinese painting. Centering the composition on the lower half of the fan, Lu left the top shrouded in mist, creating a feeling of suspense by withholding a view into the far distance. The painting is dated according to the sixty-year cycle of the premodern Chinese calendar, so it is not possible to know whether it was made in 1591 or sixty years later in 1651, although the latter seems more likely based on its style.
Artwork Details
- 明(?) 陸克正 倣北苑山水圖 摺扇
- Title: Landscape in the manner of Dong Yuan
- Artist: Lu Kezheng (Chinese, active 17th century)
- Artist: In the manner of Dong Yuan (Chinese, active 930s–960s)
- Period: Ming (1368–1644) or Qing (1644–1911) dynasty
- Date: 1591/1651
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
- Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 20 in. (16.5 x 50.8 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
- Object Number: 13.100.47
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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