倣趙伯駒山水圖 軸|Landscape in the Style of Zhao Boju (Fang Zhao Boju shanshui)
dated 1654
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 23 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (59.7 x 37.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 76 5/8 x 19 1/2 in. (194.6 x 49.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 76 5/8 x 23 in. (194.6 x 58.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1976
Accession Number
1976.190
Tags
Art Historical Context
This hanging scroll, * in the Style of Zhaoju*, was painted Wang Hui in 165 during the early years of China’s Qing dynasty. Wang, one of the celebrated “Four Wangs” of the period, specialized in landscapes that deliberately echoed earlier masters. Here he pays homage to Zhao Boju, a Song-dynasty artist for his refined blue-and mountain scenes, translating classic idiom into his own brushwork and luminous palette. The work’s format—a vertical hanging scroll of ink and color on paper—reflects centuries of Chinese connoisseurship, allowing viewers to unroll and contemplate the composition gradua...
About the Artist
Wang Hui · 1632–1717
Chinese, 1632–1717