Artist: Zhang Yihu

Date: Qing (1644-1911)

Dimensions: Height 26.1 cm, Width 186.1 cm

Material: Ink on silk

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • The Painting and Calligraphy of Shanghai Gallery
• Tag：
  • landscape handscroll zhang yihu qing ink silk

Zhang Yihu, also known by his zi (designated name) Youhong or Renzhai, was native to Huating (nowadays Jinshan in Shanghai). A jinshi (a successful candidate of imperial civil-examination) in the 15^th year (1658) of the Shunzhi reign, he was entitled as a judge in Yunnan and became a praised official. On his way back home after the government dismissed his position in 1662, he painted this painting for Wang Shizhen who became a jinshi in the same year as Zhang. Some of his landscape paintings show the style of the Songjiang School, some are in the Zhe School style.