明 傳張路 溪畔漁家圖 軸|Fisherman and family
16th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
43 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. (110.2 x 81.0 cm)
Classification
Paintings
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
13.220.115
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Zhang Lu · 1490–1563
Zhang Lu (ca. 1490–ca. 1563), known by his courtesy name Tianchi and art name Pingshan, was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Xiangfu (present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province). Educated alongside princes of the imperial family, he attended the Imperial Academy as a government student but, after failing the examinations owing to his unrestrained personality, abandoned official ambitions to pur...