The Last Three Months of the Year
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (33.7 × 27.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession Number
CP3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Ding Liangxian · 1700–1749
Ding Liangxian (丁亮先, ca. 1685–after 1754), styled Yingzong (应宗), was a pioneering figure in Qing dynasty woodblock printing, born in Suzhou and later residing in the Jia Shu Xuan studio in Qiantang (modern Hangzhou). A devout Catholic amid a group of Christian artists, he sustained himself primarily by trading Western paintings while excelling as a versatile printmaker in the vibrant Gusu ban (Suz...