元 佚名 陳容 僞款 雲行雨施圖 卷|Dragon and Landscape
14th century; plus later addition
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 17 5/8 x 75 1/8 in. (44.8 x 190.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.531
Tags
Art Historical Context
This remarkable handscroll, created during China’s Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), depicts a majestic dragon amid swirling clouds and rugged landscape elements. Although it bears a later-added inscription claiming the hand of the celebrated Song-dynasty master Chen Rong, scholars now attribute the work to an unidentified Yuan-period artist working in Chen’s revered tradition. Executed in ink on paper, the painting exemplifies the expressive potential of monochrome brushwork, where varying tones and fluid strokes suggest both the dragon’s sinuous form and the dynamic energy of wind and rain. In Chin...