Calligraphy after three texts by Yan Zhenqing
Wang Shu was a broadly learned scholar-official with a special interest in the history of calligraphy. In this scroll, he copied three famous texts by Yan Zhenqing (709–785), one of the preeminent calligraphers in Chinese history, and offered his commentary on each. The frontispiece, also by Wang, is written in the distinctive seal script, which requires the artist to maintain total control of the brush for a consistent line that mimics the effect of a stylus.
Artwork Details
- 清 王澍 行書臨顏真卿三稿 卷
- Title: Calligraphy after three texts by Yan Zhenqing
- Calligrapher: Wang Shu (Chinese, 1688–1743)
- Calligrapher: Yan Zhenqing (Chinese, 709–785)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: dated 1729
- Culture: China
- Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 13 7/8 x 282 5/8 in. (35.2 x 717.9 cm)
Overall with mounting: 14 1/2 x 457 1/8 in. (36.8 x 1161.1 cm) - Classification: Calligraphy
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.22
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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