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View from the Keyin Pavilion on Paradise (Baojie) Mountain

View from the Keyin Pavilion on Paradise (Baojie) Mountain, 1562

  • Wang Wen, Chinese, 1497-1576

Ink on silk

  • Overall: 16 inches × 31 feet 6 3/4 inches (40.6 cm × 9 m 62 cm) Image: 15 1/2 inches × 19 feet 4 inches (39.4 cm × 5 m 89.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher by exchange

1993.51

On View

  • Chinese Art N1DD

Department

Asian Art

Details

During Wang Wen's years as a scholarly official in the provincial capital of Nanjing, he was influenced by the works of professional painters at court. After retirement Wang painted the view from his pavilion atop Paradise Mountain at the confluence of tributaries to Lake Tai in Zhejiang Province. Although the brushwork and composition are akin to scholarly painting, the unpretentious subject and playful execution are in keeping with professional painting.

(Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London, England)

1993-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Wang Wen, View from the Keyin Pavilion on Paradise (Baojie) Mountain, 1562, ink on silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher by exchange, 1993.51.

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