清 任頤 動物花鳥 冊頁八開|Animals, Flowers and Birds

清 任頤 動物花鳥 冊頁八開|Animals, Flowers and Birds by Ren Yi (Ren Bonian)

Medium

Album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

10 3/16 x 12 3/4 in. (25.9 x 32.4 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Culture & Period

China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986

Accession Number

1986.267.47a–h

Tags

Birds

About this artwork

This album comprises eight leaves depicting various animals, flowers, and birds rendered in ink and color on paper, created by Ren Yi (Ren Bonian) in the nineteenth century. Each leaf measures approximately ten and three-sixteenths by twelve and three-quarter inches, presenting a diverse range of subjects executed with the spontaneous brushwork and vivid coloration characteristic of the Shanghai School. One leaf bears the artist's signature inscription: "Bonian, Ren Yi, painted this in Shanghai,...

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