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Artist: Wang Shimin (1592-1680)
Date: Qing (1644-1911), dated 1665
Dimensions: Height 79.6 cm, Width 41.3 cm
Material: Ink on 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 vice minister of Taichangsi (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 leading painter of the "Four Wangs" and one of the "Six Masters of Early Qing". He painted after Huang Gongwang's tradition frequently, but on this painting, he inscribed that this painting was painted after Wang Meng's style, which is relatively rare. This is painted in the fourth year (1665) of the Kangxi reign, when the painter was 74 years old.
