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Look at the band of empty paper between the thin trees on the near bank and the low hills on the far shore, and at the fold down the middle of the leaf.
This leaf comes from Lan Ying’s album Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters, whose pages follow earlier painters; here, as the title says, Ni Zan. The Asian Art Museum describes Ni Zan’s style as pale and dry, with sparse vegetation. Lan Ying was a professional painter, and the Cleveland Museum of Art notes that he widened his range by imitating the methods of many schools and masters.
Album leaf; ink and color on paper · 31 × 40.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Chinese painting: Ming
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- Museum title
- Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: after Ni Zan (1301-1374)
- Artist
- Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)
- Date
- Ming dynasty (1368–1644), first half of 17th century
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 31 × 40.7 cm (12 × 16 in.)
- Credit line
- Samuel M. Nickerson fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.