明/清 項聖謨　山水花鳥圖　冊|Landscapes, Flowers and Birds

Xiang Shengmo

dated 1639 · Album of eight paintings; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Xiang Shengmo enjoyed two significant advantages in his early years as a painter. First, his grandfather Xiang Yuanbian possessed the greatest collection of old masterworks in the realm. Second, Dong Qichang, whose theories were so influential in seventeenth-century art circles, served for a period of time as a tutor in his home, and Xiang maintained a friendship with the elder painter. With this unusual background, Xiang achieved an exceptional range, as is evident from this diverse album of landscape and flower subjects.

Artist

Xiang Shengmo

Date

dated 1639

Medium

Album of eight paintings; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1981