清 王鑑 倣巨然《溪山高士圖》 軸|Lofty Scholar among Streams and Mountains, in the manner of Juran
late 17th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 72 x 33 in. (182.9 x 83.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 107 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. (273.1 x 97.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 107 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. (273.1 x 108 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1991
Accession Number
1991.117.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Wang Jian · 1609–1677
Wang Jian (1609–1677) was a leading Chinese landscape painter of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, born into a prominent literati family in Taicang, Jiangsu province. As the great-grandson of the distinguished scholar, official, and collector Wang Shizhen, he inherited a rich assemblage of ancient masterpieces that shaped his artistic vision from an early age. After earning the juren degree ...