明 佚名（文徵明款） 玉蘭圖 卷|Magnolia
Spurious date of 1549
Medium
Handscroll; color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 × 52 3/8 in. (27.9 × 133 cm) Overall with mounting: 11 5/16 in. × 20 ft. 3/4 in. (28.7 × 611.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
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
1989.363.64
Tags
About the Artist
Wen Zhengming|Unidentified artist · 1470–1559
Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), born in Suzhou to a modestly successful scholar-official family, embodied the ideal of the Ming dynasty literati artist. His father, Wen Lin, introduced him early to a leading Suzhou calligrapher, fostering his foundational skills in that art. A late bloomer, Wen studied under the master Shen Zhou, whose guidance shaped his profound reverence for Song and Yuan dynasty ar...