About this artwork
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Currently Off View
- Asian Art
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Artist
- Lan Ying
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Title
- Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Artist's commentary
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Origin
- China
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Date
- 1637–1647
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Medium
- Album leaf; ink and colors on paper
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Inscriptions
- In the renwu year [1642], while visiting Mr. Tanweng in Yang- zhou, I saw a fan painting by Mr. Ji’ou. The painting is elegantly executed in brush and ink; its river and valley are deep. From ancient times, literati who could practice the “Six Canons” were endowed with divine brightness, which I do not have. With this painting, I beg Mr. Ji’ou’s instruction. Lan Ying. The Six Canons [Liu fa] refers to six principles for evaluating painting written by Xie He (active c. 479–502). This text became an important foundation for subsequent art criticism in China.
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Dimensions
- 31 × 40.7 cm (12 × 16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Samuel M. Nickerson fund
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Reference Number
- 1958.395.i
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