明 張路 觀畫圖 軸|Studying a painting
16th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 58 5/8 x 38 7/8 in. (148.9 x 98.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 103 x 42 1/8 in. (261.6 x 107 cm) Overall with knobs: 103 x 46 1/4 in. (261.6 x 117.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1990
Accession Number
1990.6
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Zhang Lu · 1490–1563
Zhang Lu (ca. 1490–ca. 1563), known by his courtesy name Tianchi and art name Pingshan, was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Xiangfu (present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province). Educated alongside princes of the imperial family, he attended the Imperial Academy as a government student but, after failing the examinations owing to his unrestrained personality, abandoned official ambitions to pur...