A Vignette of Life on the Frontier
Medium
Folding fan; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
painting: 19 × 55 cm · overall with sticks: 33 × 55 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett
Accession Number
1979.18
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
Jiao Bingzhen, a court painter largely active during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, was the senior artist on this fan. Jiao painted the Manchu horse trainer and the setting into which the horse was inserted by Giuseppe Castiglione. Each artist was bonded to his own artistic tradition, while flexibly and harmoniously accommodating the others’ style. Jiao’s brushwork displays rigor and control, particularly in the twisting and turning trunk of the willow. The treatment of the figure and his clot...