清 王原祁 倣吳鎮山水圖 軸|Landscape after Wu Zhen
dated 1695
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 42 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (108.6 x 51.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 84 x 27 1/2 in. (213.4 x 69.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 84 x 31 3/4 in. (213.4 x 80.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Accession Number
1989.363.156
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About this artwork
This hanging scroll painting by Wang Yuanqi represents a masterful interpretation of the style of Yuan dynasty painter Wu Zhen. Wang Yuanqi, grandson and pupil of painter Wang Shimin, was a senior courtier summoned by the Emperor due to his painting accomplishments after earning his jinshi degree in 1670. Executed in ink on paper in 1695, the work demonstrates Wang's distinctive approach to landscape composition. According to his inscription, Wang painted this landscape in the manner of Wu Zhen,...
Art Historical Context
This hanging scroll, painted by Wang Yuanqi in 1695 during the Qing dynasty, offers a masterful tribute to the fourteenth-century Yuan master Wu Zhen. As a leading figure of the Orthodox School, Wang was deeply immersed in the study of earlier Chinese landscape traditions. Grandson and pupil of the renowned painter Wang Shimin, he earned his jinshi degree in 1670 and later served at the imperial court, where his command of classical styles earned imperial favor. The work exemplifies the literati ideal of painting as an intellectual dialogue with the past, reinterpreting Wu Zhen’s distinctive b...
About the Artist
Wang Yuanqi · 1642–1715
Chinese, 1642–1715