Artist: Wang Shimin (1592-1680)

Date: Qing (1644-1911), dated 1664

Dimensions: Height 94.5 cm, Width 51.5 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • landscape hanging scroll wang shimin qing 1664 ink paper

Wang Shimin (1592-1680) is also known by his zi (designated names) Xunzhi and his hao (literary names) Yanke and Xilu Laoren. A native of Taicang in Jiangsu, Wang Shimin rose to the Taichangsi Shaoqing (Vice Minister of the Department of Rituals and Sacrifices) in the Ming dynasty, but he refused to serve in the Qing court. A master of landscape painting, he was regarded as the foremost of the "Six Masters of Early Qing". This work was painted after Huang Gongwang's style with exquisite, meticulous and firm brushstrokes. This scroll was painted in the third year (1664) of the Kangxi reign, when the artist was 73.