元 倪瓚 江渚風林圖 軸|Wind among the Trees on the Riverbank
The Met
Artist: Ni Zan(Chinese, 1306–1374)
Date: 1363
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 23 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (59.1 x 31.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 102 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (259.7 x 56.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 102 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (259.7 x 69.9 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A landscape with distant mountains, a body of water, and trees on a rocky shore
Detailed Description
A vertical painting on light paper depicts a landscape. The upper half of the composition features a range of distant mountains, rendered with light grey ink washes and fine, dark lines. The mountains rise from a body of water, and their slopes are dotted with small, dark marks suggesting sparse vegetation or structures. The sky above the mountains is left blank.A wide expanse of water, indicated by subtle horizontal ink lines, occupies the middle ground, separating the distant mountains from the foreground. The lower half of the painting is dominated by a rocky shoreline on the left. Three tall, slender trees with sparse, dark foliage stand on a large, dark rock formation. Their branches extend upwards, some with small clusters of leaves. To their right, a smaller, bare tree is also visible. The rocks are depicted with textured, darker ink strokes. Further to the right, more low-lying rocks and a small landmass are visible in the water.Several blocks of vertical text in black ink are present on the right side of the painting. A prominent block of text is situated in the middle right, reading: "江港暮潮初落風林有葉涼翰停 / 快家門閒守候人已倦欲至勞 / 卯日望日識為 / 諸值俟里寓此并與小請他費". A narrower column of faint, vertical text runs along the far right margin, but its characters are largely illegible. Numerous red seals, varying in size and shape (squares and rectangles), are stamped throughout the artwork. These seals are visible in the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right corners, as well as along the left edge of the composition.
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