Landscapes, Flowers and Birds
Xiang Shengmo enjoyed two significant advantages in his early years as a painter. First, his grandfather Xiang Yuanbian possessed the greatest collection of old masterworks in the realm. Second, Dong Qichang, whose theories were so influential in seventeenth-century art circles, served for a period of time as a tutor in his home, and Xiang maintained a friendship with the elder painter. With this unusual background, Xiang achieved an exceptional range, as is evident from this diverse album of landscape and flower subjects.
Artwork Details
- 明 項聖謨 山水花鳥圖 冊
- Title: Landscapes, Flowers and Birds
- Artist: Xiang Shengmo (Chinese, 1597–1658)
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: dated 1639
- Culture: China
- Medium: Album of eight paintings; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (28.3 x 22.5 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.285.3a–h
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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