清 任頤 動物花鳥 冊頁八開|Animals, Flowers and Birds
19th century
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
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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,...