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Look for the green and ochre washes on the trees, cottages and hills, colors Ni Zan himself seldom used, then for the empty water between near bank and far hills.
Wang Yuanqi’s first inscription says he painted this “Ni Zan in color” in 1707, after attending the emperor and returning to his boat: that year the Kangxi emperor was on his sixth inspection tour of the south, and Wang was apparently in his entourage. Ni Zan seldom used color, but Wang laid green and ochre washes over the trees, cottages and hills. In a second inscription he writes that painting eased the strain of his official life.
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper · Painting: 80.6 x 43.8 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Chinese painting: Qing
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- Museum title
- Landscape after Ni Zan
- Artist
- Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, 1642–1715)
- Date
- 1707
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 80.6 x 43.8 cm (31 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 217.7 x 68.5 cm (85 11/16 x 26 15/16 in.)
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1642–1715
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