南宋 傳 劉松年 溪山雪意圖 卷|Snowy landscape with rustic riverside retreat

Gao Keming|Liu Songnian

ca. late 12th century · Handscroll; ink and color on silk · Asian Art

This painting was once attributed to Gao Keming, an artist at the Imperial Painting Academy in the early eleventh century, thanks to an inscription written in the style of the Song emperor Lizong (r. 1225–64) at the beginning of the scroll. The style of the painting, however, with its convincing treatment of diagonal recession, use of the "ax-cut" texture strokes of Li Tang (ca. 1070–ca. 1150), and broad sweeps of ink wash on the eroded riverbanks, indicates a late-twelfth-century date.

Artist

Gao Keming|Liu Songnian

Date

ca. late 12th century

Medium

Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., 1984