明 藍瑛 仿宋元山水圖 冊|Landscapes after Song and Yuan masters
Lan Ying
1642
Medium
Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
12 7/16 x 9 3/4 in. (31.6 x 24.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Sackler Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.2.2a–l
Tags
LandscapesTrees
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...