清 佚名 仿惲壽平 夏夜清荷圖 軸|Lotuses on a summer evening
likely 18th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 82 5/16 x 38 11/16 in. (209.1 x 98.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 129 x 40 3/8 in. (327.7 x 102.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 129 x 44 3/4 in. (327.7 x 113.7 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, in honor of Professor Wen Fong, 1982
Accession Number
1982.470
Tags
About the Artist
Yun Shouping · 1633–1690
Yun Shouping originally had the name Ge and the style name Shouping, by which he later went. A native of Wujin in Jiangsu, he at first excelled at landscape painting but later felt that he could not compete with the master Wang Hui (1632-1717), turning to flowers instead. His style can be traced all the way back to the "boneless" method of washes used by Xu Chongsi (fl. latter half of 10th c.), bu...