清 王概 金陵感舊圖 卷|Reminiscence of Jinling
Wang Gai
1686
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/4 × 71 7/8 in. (33.7 × 182.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Matthew J. Edlund, 2016
Accession Number
2016.743
Tags
Landscapes
About the Artist
Wang Gai · 1645–1710
Wang Gai (王概, 1645–1710), a prominent Qing dynasty painter from Xiushui in Zhejiang province, established himself in the vibrant cultural hub of Nanjing, where he flourished from around 1677 to 1705. Born into a scholarly family—his father-in-law was the renowned writer Li Yu (1611–1680)—Gai trained under the master Gong Xian (1619–1689), one of the Eight Masters of Jinling, adopting his robust la...