Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan

Attributed to Dong Qichang, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper.

Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper · Upper: W.: 52.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan
Artist: Attributed to Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555–1636)
Date: Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Dimensions: Upper: W.: 52.8 cm (20 3/4 in.); Lower: W.: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.); Rib: H.: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1555–1636

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.