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Snowy landscape with rustic riverside retreat

Attributed to Liu Songnian Chinese
traditionally attributed to Gao Keming
ca. late 12th century
Not on view
This painting was once attributed to Gao Keming, an artist at the Imperial Painting Academy in the early eleventh century, thanks to an inscription written in the style of the Song emperor Lizong (r. 1225–64) at the beginning of the scroll. The style of the painting, however, with its convincing treatment of diagonal recession, use of the "ax-cut" texture strokes of Li Tang (ca. 1070–ca. 1150), and broad sweeps of ink wash on the eroded riverbanks, indicates a late-twelfth-century date.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 南宋 傳 劉松年 溪山雪意圖 卷
  • Title: Snowy landscape with rustic riverside retreat
  • Artist: Attributed to Liu Songnian (Chinese, active ca. 1175–after 1195)
  • Artist: traditionally attributed to Gao Keming (ca 1000–1053)
  • Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
  • Date: ca. late 12th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions: Image: 16 3/8 in. × 95 in. (41.6 × 241.3 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 16 3/8 in. × 42 ft. 11 5/16 in. (41.6 × 1308.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.274
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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