Terms and conditions of use
Landscape
(16th century-17th century)
- Medium
- ink on silk
- Measurements
- 25.5 × 392.0 cm (image)
- Place/s of Execution
- China
- Inscription
- stamped in red ink (in zhuanshu seal script) (in image) l.c.r.: 趙 子 / 昂 氏
inscribed in brush and ink (in image) c.: 雅 冝山 人 王 寵
inscribed in brush and ink (in image) c.l.: 吳 寛
inscribed in brush and ink (in image) l.l.: 徵明 - Accession Number
- AS2-1983
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Miss D. Del Re and Mrs H. Homburg, 1983
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Physical description
- This handscroll, read from right to left, consists of three landscape paintings alternating with three poems written in calligraphy. The landscapes are depicted with mountains, trees and rivers with human activities and executed in fine details, meticulously painted (or written) with calligraphic brushstrokes and ink wash in one consistent style. The first river landscape is depicted with distant mountains, trees and scholars enjoying nature in boats near the foreground. Mist is evoked by the blank surface of the silk, so is the sky and the river. This landscape is followed by a poem written and signed by WANG Chong 王 寵 in cursive style of calligraphy. The second painting is a winter landscape of hills, rivers, bare trees, bridge, dwellings, temple and human activities such as ox pulling a cart and tiny figures of farmers. Snow on the mountains and the bridge is evoked by the blank surface of the silk created by the dark ink washes of the sky and river. This landscape is followed by a poem written in the regular style of calligraphy written and signed by WU Kuan 吳 寛. The third painting is more complex than the earlier two. It is also a river landscape, depicting distant mountains, trees, mountain cliffs, plateaus, waterfalls, boat in the foreground and a small figure looking out from a plateau. The mist and waterfall, river and sky are depicted by the blank surface of the silk. It is followed by the third and last poem signed and written semi-cursive calligraphy by WEN Zhenming 文徵明. The paintings depict the enjoyment of nature with tiny human figures and are exquisitely executed.
