Reminiscence of Jinling
Wang Gai was a gifted stylist who worked in the vibrant city of Nanjing in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Wang’s ability to paint in a range of manners led to his selection as the illustrator of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, a primer on painting that introduced techniques and historical styles to those without access to original works of art.
Artwork Details
- 清 王概 金陵感舊圖 卷
- Title: Reminiscence of Jinling
- Artist: Wang Gai (Chinese, 1645–1710)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 1686
- Culture: China
- Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 71 7/8 in. (33.7 × 182.6 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Matthew J. Edlund, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.743
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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