明 董其昌 春山暖翠圖 軸|Spring Mountains over Warm Greenery
The Met
Artist: Dong Qichang(Chinese, 1555–1636)
Date: dated 1630
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 91 × 37 in. (231.1 × 94 cm) Overall with mounting: 10 ft. 10 7/8 in. × 46 1/8 in. (332.4 × 117.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 10 ft. 10 7/8 in. × 50 1/2 in. (332.4 × 128.3 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Ink wash landscape featuring towering mountains, dense trees, a distant body of water, and calligraphic inscriptions
Detailed Description
A vertical ink wash painting on light brown paper depicts a mountainous landscape. The upper half is dominated by a massive, craggy mountain peak, rendered with dark ink outlines and lighter washes to create texture and depth. To the left of this central peak, smaller, more distant mountains are visible through a misty haze. In the upper right, there is vertical calligraphy that reads "春山暖翠圖" followed by smaller text "庚午冬日寫於" and then "林". In the upper left, a longer vertical inscription is present, followed by two red square seals. The central mountain descends into a complex mid-ground of smaller hills, valleys, and dense foliage. A body of water, possibly a river or lake, is visible in the middle left, with a faint shoreline. The lower half of the painting features a prominent cluster of trees with gnarled trunks and dense, textured canopies, rendered in varying shades of dark ink. Smaller trees and rocky outcrops are scattered throughout the lower landscape, leading towards the bottom edge. Two red square seals are also visible in the lower left corner. The landscape is rendered using predominantly shades of black and grey ink on the light brown paper.
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