明/清 龔鼎孳 書法 扇|Calligraphy
Medium
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Dimensions
6 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (16.5 x 52.1 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Accession Number
13.100.90
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Gong Dingzi · 1615–1673
Gong Dingzi (1615–1673), courtesy name Xiaosheng and literary name Zhilu, was a distinguished Chinese poet, calligrapher, and high-ranking official from Hefei in Anhui Province, with ancestral roots in Linchuan, Jiangxi. A precocious talent skilled in the eight-legged essay form required for imperial examinations, he earned his jinshi degree in 1634 at the remarkably young age of nineteen. He firs...