Artist: Mi Youren (1074-1153, or 1086-1165)

Date: Southern Song (1127-1279), dated 1135

Dimensions: Height 28.5 cm, Width 296.7 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • landscape handscroll mi youren southern song 1135 ink paper

Mi Youren (1074-1153, or 1086-1165), or Mi Yinren, is also known by his zi (designated name) Yuanhui, and his hao (literary name) Lanzhuo Laoren in his later life. His ancestral home was in Taiyuan in Shanxi, and he later moved to Runzhou (present-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province). As the eldest son of Mi Fu, he co-founded the "Mi Family Misty Mountains" style with his father. This painting was created in the fifth year (1135) of the Shaoxing era for Zuo Dagong. It is exceptionally rare, as it bears inscription by 16 distinguished scholars, including Zhu Xi of the Southern Song dynasty.