王翬、楊晉、顧昉、王雲、徐玫 仿古山水圖 冊 紙本|Landscapes after old masters

Wang Hui|Yang Jin|Gu Fang|Xu Mei|Wang Yun

dated 1692 · Album of sixteen leaves; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This album contains paintings by Wang Hui and four of his students. In 1692, Wang was organizing a major imperial commission to commemorate the Kangxi emperor’s 1689 Southern inspection tour, a visit to the empire’s south. As the workshop master, Wang had to find worthy assistants, and this collaborative piece seems to have played a role in the selection, as the four students who worked on this album would go on to assist with the Southern Inspection Tour handscrolls. Each leaf is painted in the manner of a different old master; together, the album expresses Wang Hui’s and his students’ mastery of the landscape painting tradition.

Artist

Wang Hui|Yang Jin|Gu Fang|Xu Mei|Wang Yun

Date

dated 1692

Medium

Album of sixteen leaves; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Marie-Hélène and Guy A. Weill, 2000