明 董其昌 山水圖詩 冊|Landscapes and Poems

Dong Qichang

17th century, probably after 1625

明 董其昌 山水圖詩 冊|Landscapes and Poems by Dong Qichang

Medium

Album of eight paintings and eight calligraphies; ink, gold and color on gold-flecked paper

Dimensions

12 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (32.1 x 23.2 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Culture & Period

China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wan-go H. C. Weng, 1989

Accession Number

1989.372a–h

Tags

MountainsLandscapes

About the Artist

Dong Qichang · 15551636

Dong Qichang (1555–1636), born in Huating in present-day Shanghai's Songjiang region, emerged from a scholarly yet impoverished family as the son of a local school teacher. A precocious child, he passed the prefectural civil service examination at age twelve, securing entry to a government school, and later sat for the imperial exams, placing second at seventeen to his cousin due to inferior calli...

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