Album Leaf of a Scholar in Landscape

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Album Leaf of a Scholar in Landscape

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Date
14th-15th century
Medium
Ink on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
30356

A contemplative scholar sits at ease with his books and writing tools in an outdoor setting. His young assistant prepares the ink as his master looks on perhaps, imagining some future verse. Album leaves such as this typify early Ming taste for Southern Song models and subject matter. The influence of the Southern Sung court was maintained by professional Hangzho artists well in to the Ming period. China, Asia

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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton

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