明 唐寅 致若容書 册頁|Letter to Xu Shangde
Medium
Album leaf; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/4 × 25 1/4 in. (27.3 × 64.1 cm) Image (with title strip): 10 3/4 × 25 7/8 in. (27.3 × 65.7 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Accession Number
1989.363.56
About the Artist
Tang Yin · 1470–1524
Talented painter whose career as an official painter was ruined by an examination scandal in 1499. Around 1500 he began to study painting with Zhou chen. He was ultimately considered one of the Four Masters of the Ming, along with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying.