Picnic on the Riverbank
Probably by Yuan Jiang (ca. 1694-1743)
18th century
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1917.206
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Charles Lang Freer collectionChinaChinese ArtQing dynasty (1644 - 1911)boatcelebrationeatinglandscapepagodapine tree
About this artwork
The spurious signature in the lower left corner attributes this painting to the Southern Song master Ma Yuan (late twelfth-early thirteenth century). In fact, on the basis of its composition and landscape details, this painting should be attributed to Yuan Jiang of the eighteenth century. Yuan, a court painter, is known for integrating finely detailed renderings of architecture and figures with monumental landscapes. In this painting, a group of scholar-officials and their servants picnic in a d...