明 陳淳 暑園圖 軸|Summer Garden
ca. 1530
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 126 1/8 x 39 1/4 in. (320.4 x 99.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 171 x 48 3/8 in. (434.3 x 122.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 171 x 52 7/8 in. (434.3 x 134.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1986
Accession Number
1986.266.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Chen Chun’s *Summer Garden*, created around 1530 during China’s Ming dynasty, invites viewers into a lush seasonal world rendered on a tall hanging scroll. Executed in ink and color on paper, the nearly ten-foot format was designed to be unrolled and viewed in a scholar’s studio or garden pavilion, allowing the composition to unfold gradually from top to bottom. The work belongs to a long Chinese tradition of flower painting that celebrated nature’s vitality and the changing seasons. Chen Chun, a Suzhou artist associated with the Wu school of literati painting, specialized in lively depiction...