Object Details
Artist
Gu Fang
Date
1721
Medium
Hanging scroll: with colophon sheets top and bottom ink and colors on silk
Dimensions
Image: 34 3/8 × 19 5/8 inches (87.3 × 49.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel Weitzner
Object
Number
83.051
Gu Fang was a professional painter from Huating, Jiangsu province and a protégé of the master Wang(…)
Gu Fang was a professional painter from Huating, Jiangsu province and a protégé of the master Wang Hui, with whom he served as a court artist in the imperial painting studio. Gu counted as a prominent member of the team of artists, led by Wang Hui, who collaborated on a series of handscrolls documenting the emperor Kangxi’s southern inspection tour. Here Gu paints in the blue-green style that harkens back to Tang-dynasty landscape painting.
