Villa Dongshan

Yuan Jiang, 1721

A group of people delight in the pleasurable repose in a garden and listen to music. In 18th-century China, it became fashionable to create one’s own private garden as well as engage a famous painter to depict it. Yuang Jiang was well-known for such paintings.

  • Artwork typehanging scroll
  • Object numberAK-RAK-1991-7
  • Dimensionsheight 181.6 cm x width 101 cm, height 1.5 cm x width 109.5 cm, width 120.7 cm, diameter 5.5 mm, diameter 4.6 cm, height 8.2 cm x width 9.2 cm x length 125 cm
  • Physical characteristicsink and colour on silk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Villa Dongshan
    • Dongshan Villa

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-RAK-1991-7

  • Description

    Landschap met architectuur. De fraai gemodeleerde contourlijnen van de rotsen in deze schildering zijn een waarmerk van het werk van zowel Yuan Jiang als Yuan Yao. Op het terras in het midden een musicerend gezelschap.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Yuan Jiang, Yangzhou

  • Dating

    1721

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ink and colour on silk

  • Dimensions

    • height 181.6 cm x width 101 cm
    • height 1.5 cm x width 109.5 cm
    • width 120.7 cm
    • diameter 5.5 mm
    • diameter 4.6 cm
    • height 8.2 cm x width 9.2 cm x length 125 cm

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

  • Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Chinese schilderkunst in het Rijksmuseum. Catalogus', Aziatische Kunst 21/1 (1991), pp. 12-25 (nr. 17).

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