唐寅 行書 薛濤詩牋 冊頁|Calligraphy
Medium
Album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions
H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Accession Number
1989.363.58
Art Historical Context
This exquisite album leaf, titled *Xing shu: Xue Tao shi jian* (Running Script: Xue Tao Poem Slips), showcases the masterful calligraphy of Tang Yin, a brilliant Ming dynasty (1368–1644) artist, poet, and scholar from Suzhou. Known as one of the " Masters of Wu," Tang blended literati elegance with bold expression, often drawing from classical poetry. Created on luxurious gold-flecked paper this square leaf (12⅛ × 12⅛ in.) captures his fluid running script (*xingshu*), a dynamic style that flows between structured regular script and free cursive, embodying the rhythm of thought and emotion. T...
About the Artist
Tang Yin · 1470–1524
Talented painter whose career as an official painter was ruined by an examination scandal in 1499. Around 1500 he began to study painting with Zhou chen. He was ultimately considered one of the Four Masters of the Ming, along with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying.