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清 伊秉綬 山水 冊|Landscapes

清 伊秉綬 山水 冊|Landscapes is an ink painting by the Qing dynasty painting artist Yi Bingshou. It dates from 1814 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The painting, created in 1814 by Yi Bingshou, is an ink-on-paper album of eight leaves classified as a Chinese landscape work.
The painting, created in 1814 by Yi Bingshou, is an ink-on-paper album of eight leaves classified as a Chinese landscape work. Its subject depicts a boat and a mountain, motifs that together form a traditional Chinese landscape scene. The piece was produced in China and is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, reflecting both the artist’s early career and the enduring appeal of landscape imagery in Chinese art.
Technique & Style
This album by Yi Bingshou is executed in ink on paper, a traditional medium for literati landscape painting in China. The work takes the form of an album of eight leaves, a format that allowed the artist to present a series of related compositions in a compact, portable arrangement. Each leaf measures 24.8 cm in height by 29.5 cm in width, giving the pages a roughly horizontal orientation suited to intimate viewing.
The subject matter, landscapes featuring boats and mountains, aligns with classical Chinese landscape conventions, rendered through monochrome ink handling on the paper support. The album is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
History & Provenance
The Landscapes album by Yi Bingshou is dated to 1814, as recorded in the artist’s corpus entry, which also specifies the work’s format as an album of eight ink-on-paper leaves. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the album, where it is catalogued as a landscape painting depicting boats and mountains, with dimensions of 24.8 cm in height and 29.5 cm in width. The work is attributed to Yi Bingshou and is documented as created in China during the Qing dynasty.
The album of eight leaves titled Landscapes, created by Yi Bingshou in 1814, is currently held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While the specific inventory or accession number is not detailed in the available records, the work is cataloged as a painting within the museum's holdings. The album, executed in ink on paper, measures 24.8 cm in height and 29.5 cm in width.
The sources identify the collection location as the Metropolitan Museum of Art but do not provide a documented exhibition history for this specific set of landscape leaves.
Overview
This album, titled Landscapes, was created by Yi Bingshou in 1814. Comprising eight individual leaves rendered in ink on paper, the work presents a series of tranquil natural scenes. Each small painting captures elements such as misty mountains, a solitary boat, a humble thatched hut, or a bridge partially obscured by fog, inviting contemplation of the natural world.
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