清 王概 金陵感舊圖 卷|Reminiscence of Jinling

Wang Gai

1686 · Handscroll; ink and color on silk · Asian Art

Wang Gai was a gifted stylist who worked in the vibrant city of Nanjing in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Wang’s ability to paint in a range of manners led to his selection as the illustrator of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, a primer on painting that introduced techniques and historical styles to those without access to original works of art.

Artist

Wang Gai

Date

1686

Medium

Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Matthew J. Edlund, 2016