Portrait of Gao Shiqi Whiling Away the Summer

Artist Shen Ying (Chinese)

Artist Yu Zhiding (Chinese, 1647 - 1709)

Date1696

MediumHanging scroll (laid down on panel); ink and colors on silk

DimensionsImage: 25 5/16 × 16 5/8 inches (64.29 × 42.23 cm)
Framed: 33 1/4 × 23 × 7/8 inches (84.46 × 58.42 × 2.22 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Laurence Sickman

Object numberF88-41/17

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East Asian Art

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Gao Shiqi (1645–1703), a famous writer and artist, poses as a fisherman. Scholars regarded fishermen as embodiments of an ideal lifestyle, because they freely traveled the rivers and lakes unencumbered by official obligations. Although the title of the painting refers to summer, the willow and female servant serving wine or tea evoke the pleasures of spring.

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