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A hunting scene
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In this short handscroll, a Manchurian nobleman and his entourage are depicted in a lively fashion as they engage in various activities on their hunting excursion. The actions of the horses--from chasing to catching the quarry--are also well illustrated. Noticeably, the background is rendered in the manner of the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) landscape master Lan Ying (1585-ca. 1644), revealing an unusual combination of the men-and-horses genre and the later landscape tradition. This may suggest that at least two, if not more, artists collaborated on this painting.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineA hunting scene. 18th century. Formerly attributed to Wang Meng 王蒙 (ca. 1308-1385). National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
