Drinking at Night
Tang Yin
Ming dynasty (1368–1644); c. 1520/23
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
30.5 × 388.7 cm (12 × 153 in.)
Classification
drinking vessel
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84123
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.