明 董其昌 春山暖翠圖 軸|Spring Mountains over Warm Greenery
dated 1630
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 91 × 37 in. (231.1 × 94 cm) Overall with mounting: 10 ft. 10 7/8 in. × 46 1/8 in. (332.4 × 117.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 10 ft. 10 7/8 in. × 50 1/2 in. (332.4 × 128.3 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
1989.363.102
Tags
Art Historical Context
Dong Qichang's *Spring Mountains over Warm Gre*, created in 1630 during the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644), is a masterful hanging scroll painted in ink and color on silk. Measuring nearly 8 feet tall when unrolled, this monumental work captures the lush vitality of spring landscapes, with mist-shrouded peaks and verdant slopes evoking the harmonious beauty of nature. As a high-ranking scholar-official, calligrapher, and, Dong Qichang a pivotal figure in Chinese art, renowned for theorizing the distinction between the "Northern School" of professional painters and the more expressive "Southern ...
About the Artist
Dong Qichang · 1555–1636
Dong Qichang (1555–1636), born in Huating in present-day Shanghai's Songjiang region, emerged from a scholarly yet impoverished family as the son of a local school teacher. A precocious child, he passed the prefectural civil service examination at age twelve, securing entry to a government school, and later sat for the imperial exams, placing second at seventeen to his cousin due to inferior calli...