Artist: Wen Zhengming (1470-1559)

Date: Ming (1368-1644), dated 1549

Dimensions: Height 36.0 cm, Width 107.8 cm

Material: Ink and colour on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • studio handscroll wen zhengming ming ink and colour paper

Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), original name Bi, is also known by his zi (designated name) Zhengzhong and hao (literary name) Hengshan. A native of Changzhou (nowadays Suzhou, Jiangsu province), he was renowned for paintings of landscape, flowers, bamboo, and orchid. A student of Shen Zhou, he developed his own style later. This painting depicts the studio of his friend Huaxia. This scroll, one of his representative works, was painted in the 28^th year (1549) of the Jiajing reign when the artist was 80.