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清 樊圻 山水圖 冊 紙本|Landscapes

清 樊圻 山水圖 冊 紙本|Landscapes is an ink painting by the Baroque artist Fan Qi. It dates from 1646 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Technique & Style
The album's modest dimensions and paper support suggest a personal or scholarly context of use, consistent with the album format's role in literati culture.
The work is an album of eight leaves executed in ink and color on paper, measuring 16.8 cm in height and 20.3 cm in width. This intimate album format, typical of the period, allows for concentrated landscape views that invite close, sequential viewing. Fan Qi's handling employs both ink and color to render landscape elements, working within the conventions of Qing-dynasty Chinese painting.
The album's modest dimensions and paper support suggest a personal or scholarly context of use, consistent with the album format's role in literati culture.
History & Provenance
The work titled 清 樊圻 山水圖 冊 纸本, attributed to Fan Qi, is an album of eight leaves executed in ink and color on paper. It was produced in 1646 in China, establishing its creation date. The piece entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains on view.
Its genre is recorded as a landscape painting, consistent with contemporary Qing dynasty album traditions. The work’s dimensions measure 16.8 cm in height and 20.3 cm in width, documented in the museum’s catalogue. No records indicate a specific commissioning patron, and the ownership chain proceeds directly from the artist to the museum’s holdings.
The album of eight leaves by Fan Qi, titled 清 樊圻 山水圖, is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The work is recorded in the museum’s catalogue without an explicit accession number, and no exhibition history is documented in the cited sources. Both the internal corpus entry and the Wikidata description classify the piece as a landscape painting and note its creation in 1646, confirming its presence in the museum’s holdings.
Overview
Fan Qi's album, titled Landscapes, comprises eight individual leaves executed in ink and color on paper. Created in 1646, this collection exemplifies the artist's approach to natural scenery within the traditional Chinese painting genre. The work reflects a focused study of landscape elements, arranged to evoke a sense of tranquility and compositional harmony through meticulous brushwork and subtle coloration.
Subject & Meaning
One composition from the album presents a serene natural vista, dominated by a tree with verdant foliage positioned in the foreground. Its branches extend gracefully towards the right, while the trunk anchors the left side of the scene. In the background, a building with a distinctively sloped roof is visible, accompanied by a cluster of rocks. The sky above is rendered in muted tones, contributing to the overall calm atmosphere.
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