Calligraphy
Dong Qichang
Ming Dynasty(1368–1664);1555–1636
Medium
Fan painting; ink on gold paper
Dimensions
Upper width: 21" Lower width: 8-3/4" Rib length: 7 1/4"
Classification
album leaf
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43204
About the Artist
Dong Qichang · 1555–1636
Dong Qichang (1555–1636), born in Huating in present-day Shanghai's Songjiang region, emerged from a scholarly yet impoverished family as the son of a local school teacher. A precocious child, he passed the prefectural civil service examination at age twelve, securing entry to a government school, and later sat for the imperial exams, placing second at seventeen to his cousin due to inferior calli...