Copy of a Landscape by Zhai Dakun in the Manner of Tang Yin
Original Language Title清 張培敦 摹雲屏仿六如山水
Artist
Zhang Peidun
(Chinese, 1772 - 1846)
Date1815
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 48 1/2 × 23 inches (123.19 × 58.42 cm)
Mount: 91 1/2 × 28 7/8 inches (232.41 × 73.33 cm)
Mount: 91 1/2 × 28 7/8 inches (232.41 × 73.33 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Fortieth Anniversary Fund
Object numberF75-40
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Gallery LabelThis painting embodies centuries of wisdom passed between artists through the traditional method of copying early works. More than a decade after his mentor’s death, artist Zhang Peidun continued to learn from his teacher, Zhai Dakun (d. 1804), by copying a painting and inscription that Zhai made thirty years earlier. Zhai’s inscription, duplicated in this painting, indicates that he drew inspiration from an earlier painter, Tang Yin (1470–1523). Tang’s style of towering mountains and broad brushwork echoes across three centuries and three painters.
Dr. Victoria Contag von Winterfeldt (1906-1973), Munich, Germany, by April 1952-1973 [1];
By descent to her daughter, Beatrix Freifrau Riedesel zu Eisenbach, 1973-75;
Purchased from Beatrix Freifrau Riedesel zu Eisenbach by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1975.
NOTES:
[1] Victoria von Winterfeldt was a sinologist at the University of Mainz. This object was on loan from her to the Nelson-Atkins from April 1952 until her death in 1973.
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