Artwork Details
62-13/16 x 23-3/8 in. (image) 88 x 29-3/16 in. (mount) 88 x 32-7/8 in. (installed)
DynastyGiven by Mrs. Erwin C. Stout in memory of Wilbur D. Peat, Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and Curator of Oriental Art, 1929-1965
CopyrightAsian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette蘭竹月季與石
崇楨乙亥仲秋古吳女史陳懿寫
During the Chongzhen reign in the yihai year [1635] at mid-autumn, the lady of ancient Wu, Chen Yi sketched [this].
The origin of painting is attributed to Lei 嫘, the younger sister of the legendary emperor Shun 舜 (about 2200 bce).
Because painting was an elite pastime, many wives and daughters had the opportunity to paint, and many of their works were collected and recorded throughout the history of painting in China.
During the middle and second half of the 1600s, there was a high concentration of women artists in the area around Suzhou, Jiangsu province, which was the area of the ancient kingdom of Wu.
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