Painting of Yanling Village, hanging scroll on silk, 78.5x30.2cm, Beijing
Dong Qichang, the ultimate art influencer of the late Ming Dynasty, painted this serene landscape while bobbing on a boat in Danyang in 1623. He titled it after Yanling Village, a place famous for ancient stone steles, and filled the top with calligraphy explaining his inspiration. The craggy mountains and twisted pines are classic 'literati' style—less about realistic geography and more about showing off his dry brushwork skills. It's like a visual diary entry from a scholar-official who believed painting was all about inner cultivation and copying the great masters of the past.
- Technique
- Ink and color on silk
- Material
- Silk
- Dimensions
- 78.5 x 30.2 cm
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