1675 (ca.), Wang Jian, Lofty Scholar among Streams and Mountains, in the manner of Juran -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: For an elite family, one way to cultivate an artistic tradition was to build a collection of ancient paintings that could serve as a resource for teaching across generations. Wang Jian was fortunate to be born into such a family - his grandfather Wang Shizhen possessed one of the great art collections of his day, which gave the younger Wang the opportunity to learn firsthand from the old masters. The handscroll to your left, a masterwork by the eleventh-century painter Guo Xi, was once in Wang's collection and may have served as an example for study during Wang Jian's youth.
1675 (ca.), Wang Jian, Lofty Scholar among Streams and Mountains, in the manner of Juran -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: For an elite family, one way to cultivate an artistic tradition was to build a collection of ancient paintings that could serve as a resource for teaching across generations. Wang Jian was fortunate to be born into such a family - his grandfather Wang Shizhen possessed one of the great art collections of his day, which gave the younger Wang the opportunity to learn firsthand from the old masters. The handscroll to your left, a masterwork by the eleventh-century painter Guo Xi, was once in Wang's collection and may have served as an example for study during Wang Jian's youth.