清 清初八大家山水冊|Landscapes Painted for Wang Kui
The Met
Artist: Wang Jian(Chinese, 1609–1677/88)
Date: 1674–76
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Album of eight painted leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Each leaf: 9 x 12 1/4 in. (22.9 x 31.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1979
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Mountains, bare trees, buildings among rocks, and calligraphic text with red seals
Detailed Description
The painting displays a muted palette of grays, blues, and browns on a light, off-white background. In the upper left, faint blue-gray mountains rise, partially obscured by a lighter wash. Below these mountains, on the left side of the midground, a cluster of buildings with dark, tiled roofs and light-colored walls is nestled between large, rounded, gray-brown rocks. The rocks are rendered with textured brushstrokes. To the right of the buildings, a small cluster of dark green, bamboo-like plants emerges from the base of the rocks. The right half of the painting is dominated by a group of bare, gnarled trees with intricate, dark branches, growing from similar large, gray-brown rocks. The trees are devoid of leaves. In the upper right corner, vertical lines of black calligraphic text are present, accompanied by two small red square seals. A single red square seal is also visible in the lower left corner.
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