Landscape with Drunken General and Servant
Medium
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
8 5/8 x 9 3/16 in. (21.9 x 23.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.18.64
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Landscape with Drunken General and** This charming Ming dynasty (1368–1644) painting, attributed to the unidentified artist Hao Cheng or a contemporary hand, captures a whimsical moment in a lush landscape. Rendered in ink and color on silk a fan leaf later mounted as an album leafmeasuring just 8⅝ × 9¼ inches—it exemplifies the intimate, portable art form prized by Chinese literati. Fans like this were often created for personal enjoyment or as gifts, blending delicate brushwork with vivid hues to evoke nature's serenity amid human folly. The scene humorously depicts a drunken general, un...