明 藍瑛 春江漁隱圖 軸|Hermit-Fisherman on a Spring River
dated 1632
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 72 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (184.8 x 90.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 98 3/4 x 43 1/8 in. (250.8 x 109.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 98 3/4 x 46 3/8 in. (250.8 x 117.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
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
1989.363.114
Tags
Art Historical Context
Lan Ying's *Hermit-Fisherman on a Spring River*, dated 1632, is a magnificent hanging scroll from China's Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Painted in and color on silk, large-scale work (nearly six feet) exemplifies the grandeur of traditional Chinese landscape painting. Created during a of cultural refinement and political turmoil toward dynasty's end, it captures the poetic ideal seclusion amid nature's splendor. composition unfolds a misty spring river flanked by mountains, with a solitary in a boat embodying the-scholar archetype. This motif, in Daoist and literati traditions celebrates harmony...
About the Artist
Lan Ying · 1585–1669
Lan Ying (ca. 1585–1664), courtesy name Tianshu, was a prolific Chinese painter born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, during the late Ming dynasty. Known by the pseudonym Xihu Waishi ("Unofficial Historian of the West Lake"), he specialized in landscapes, human figures, flowers, and birds, drawing inspiration from the literati tradition and meticulously studying the works of Yuan masters like Huang...