Landscapes
The eighteenth-century artist Li Jian spent his entire life in Guangdong, a province in China’s deep south. Working at a remove from Beijing and the lower Yangzi region (Jiangnan), the political and cultural centers of power, Li had less access to major collections of art, but he also had more freedom find his own artistic voice. This album reveals Li’s familiarity with antiquarian landscape painting—the practice of working in modes inspired by famous painters of the past—while also reflecting the originality that earned him empire-wide fame in his own lifetime. This recently acquired album is the first work by the artist to enter The Met collection.
Artwork Details
- 清 黎簡 仿宋元山水 冊
- Title: Landscapes
- Artist: Li Jian (Chinese, 1747–1799)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 1793
- Culture: China
- Medium: Four album leaves; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image (each): 9 × 13 5/16 in. (22.9 × 33.8 cm)
Album (opened): 25 3/8 × 18 1/8 in. (64.5 × 46 cm)
Album (closed): 12 3/4 × 18 1/8 in. (32.4 × 46 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Patricia and Thomas Ebrey, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.353.2a–d
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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